Walled in

As expected, loads of progress on the walls today, with the exterior pretty much finished on three sides:


They've removed that erroneous course of blocks that would have obstructed the patio doors as well.

At the front there's still a big gap, But that may well have more to do with the logistics of site access than anything else.


It'll be internal walls next, I'd say.

When I got home this evening our project manager was standing in the driveway with a plumber he'd captured. We bundled him inside to discuss the project and now he's chained up in the shed running price options for us. It looks like connecting our central heating to the solar panels is going to cost a fortune -- far more than it'd be worth, so we'll likely drop that bit. There are a few other options we have about the plumbing infrastructure but it looks like we'll now be able to get things moving on this front. The builders are still pursuing a plumber as well. If they manage to capture us a second one we can make them fight for the job.