We started where we left off last week by continuing to put in the new structural timbers and bolting them together. On Tuesday Dane finished off bolting the last of the timbers for now and then set about putting in all the timber noggins, while Stu and I went about putting in the second Velux window.  Wednesday was spent carrying out some investigation work into how we were going to knock through a 500mm thick stone wall right next to a chimney stack and through into the loft conversion area we were working in.  Once a plan of action had been put together we then fixed into position a new wall plate timber for the floorboards to fix to and then we put down a number of the new sheets of floor board.
 

Thursday was an entertaining day.  We had a very large Velux window to install into an area of existing roofing with a very steep pitch and we were working on top of a glass roofed lean too and then throw in the fact it was on and off with heavy showers during the day just to spice things up further.  The one and only scare of the day was the fact that I thought the window size I had ordered wasn’t actually going to fit into the area I wanted because it was too big.  After some discussion with Stu and Dane we revised our plans slightly and after all that worry the window went in a treat, and it really made a difference internally by flooding the landing and stairs with lots of natural light.
 

The last job of the week was to actually knock through the 500mm thick wall and get our five concrete lintels into position.  This was easier said than done and turned out to be one of the worst and trickiest openings we had done.  The opening was right next to the chimney stack, and after taking off the old plaster we exposed a load of brick work that was all over the place.  Some of it was tied into the stack, some tied into the wall and some just sat on the stone.  To create our opening so we could slide in our lintels was more akin to a game of Kerplunk!  One false move and we could have had the whole lot down.  By the end of the day we had the five lintels in and pointed up with cement, but we decided it was best to let them settle and do the actual knocking through at a later date.  It had certainly been a squeaky bum day!