Work Continues

We are now into our fourth week of works and things are starting to take shape. We have replaced some of the old joists that we were allowed to and put new ones alongside some of the remaining older ones to strengthen the floors (seen in the first picture). The stud walls for the en-suite bathrooms have gone up and we've had the plumbers and sparkies on site running pipes and wires whilst we have the floors up and they have easy access. We have since been given permission to use the old floorboards from upstairs (the ones that hadn't been eaten by woodworm) for the flooring downstairs, which is great as it will add a bit of character to the ground floor and saves us a bundle.
Meanwhile the decorators are busy stripping back the old windows ready to have them tidied up and repainted (second and third pictures). We have decided on the colours for the exterior parts that are already painted and have a couple of sample patches ready for the conservation officer to come and have a look. Whilst we have the officer out we also need him to check our proposed railings from the early 1800's (fourth picture) to go alongside our garden wall and a sample patch of pointing (last picture), until we get the go ahead the stone mason will have to get on with other jobs.