6 months after the scaffolding went up, it all came down again this weekend to reveal our house from its cocoon. I was more than a bit anxious about this stage, fearing scaffolding poles would damage the façade and windows on the way down. But our patient scaffolder responded to my concerns with a dry humoured response of, ‘we have taken scaffolding down before, believe it or not’. Again, I’m learning to hand over to the professionals and let them do their job. Cian watched the dismantling and I looked after the kids at home, I would have been a ball of nerves watching. I know I’ve been looking at the house every day for the past 6 months, but I still took a deep inhale as I drove up and thought, wow, it’s looks good. Even passers-by also drove noticeably slower today, as they turned to have a look.
It has been an exceptional team effort to get to this point and I feel lucky to have worked with great conscientious contractors. The façade has a high level of workmanship and craft, the cladding, zinc capping and all the interface details is a real credit to @vertex_roofing. I’ll write another couple of posts on the zinc, rainwater goods and Cedral once I catch-up with the backlog of work.
Another revelation of removing the scaffolding is experiencing the full light coming into the house and the uninterrupted views to the outside, it suddenly all opens up and you get a true sense of what the changing light will be. It’s funny, I was so excited to see the scaffolding going up and I’m even more excited to see down now. It will also unlock another phase of work, where we can get going with the trenches for the drainage and services and installing our septic tank.
This week the pumped cellulose insulation will be installed by @irishecohomes, more to follow on this exciting stage. It definitely feels like we’re back to school on our home build adventure! Stay tuned!
