Lab Build: Windows + Doors, Plaster Board, Roof Insulation And Drainage - 22/04/17

In the short space of time since last update and now, a tremendous amount of work has been done and I'm happy to say the building is very close to completion! 

This week the majority of the time was spent putting the plaster board over all of the bricks to create the actual walls you will see when the room is finished. During this time, insulation was pushed up into the roof cavity and then covered over with more plaster boards. This created a proper boarder between all 4 walls and the floor making the concrete brick structure look much more like a fully fledged lab.

Today, more builders were called in to work double shifts to ensure that the schedule was being adhered to. The windows and door frames arrived as well as the glass and they were all installed today. A meter deep hole was dug and filled nearly to  the top with gravel. A plastic tube was then ran in a ditch from the base of the gutter into the hole which created a drain away from the building which was then shortly covered back over with soil.

For the first time, I was able to enter my lab through the glass double doors, shut them and get a proper feel for how self contained the room was now that it was completely sealed off from the elements and any wildlife that were trying to make a home in there. The insulation is certainly doing its job, I went in there at night when it was cool outside to find the lab at a comfortable room temperature despite no heating device in there at all.

Now that I'm able to lock up the doors to my lab it really accentuates the fact that construction is drawing to a close. Next week the plaster board will be skimmed and the final windowsill's will be installed. After that the builders will leave and we will paint the walls, ceiling and floor. Then the fun task of moving in can begin.