Day 20 (25) - Where has the last week gone?

Four weeks into the build and the demolition continues, this time it's the existing rear extension.
When we bought our house almost three and a half years ago, the kitchen was always the biggest compromise. It was small, received very little natural daylight and only had one physical door out of the three rooms it connected with; this being the utility room.
Ironically, it was as a result of wanting a larger kitchen that we now find ourselves a third of the way in to our extension and we can already start to imagine what it will be like in terms of natural daylight, once the room is opened up.
Originally, the kitchen was at the rear of the property, looking out onto the garden. Next to the kitchen was the dining room. In recent years, previous owners had 'extended' across the back, adding a 'sun room' and a utility room. It was probably done on the cheap and not well thought out or constructed. Still, the only upside is that they laid deep foundations which has meant our builders are able to build up into the first floor without having to underpin (saving us a few £1000's)
So anyway, this last week has seen the removal of the flat roof, electrics, guttering and windows from the existing extension, in preparation for the delivery of the steels next Tuesday.



Utility Room looking in towards kitchen and hallway beyond

Utility room minus roof.
Note original rear window which had simply been boarded up with plywood



Existing rear wall.
Part of this will be bricked up and the rest will feature 4m bi-fold doors

Existing 'sun room' minus roof. Note entrance to dining room boarded up.

It's a Bank Holiday weekend and the weather is meant to be good so the wife and I will make the most of it and use Monday to do some DIY demolition by taking down the wall in between the utility room and dining room.

More photos to follow...