Our high spec new build at Newton is looking amazing! This week we have installed a bespoke oak staircase, and oak-effect electric garage doors.
Plot 2 at Newton is progressing well. We have completed the foundations and the block beams. Block beam foundations are great for noise reduction, and they are also a good way of making properties more fire-resistant. They are also suitable for underfloor heating systems.
The driveway is also coming along.
As you know, here at KE Jones & Son Building Services, we specialise in period property renovation and restoration. Ben is highly skilled in, and passionate about traditional building techniques. Therefore we were really pleased to start work at this listed building in Little Waldingfield. A listed building means that the building is deemed to be of national importance in terms of historic or architectural interest. This means that there are special rules which must be adhered to when working on the building, and permission always needs to be obtained before work commences on a listed building.
We will be doing more timber, lime, and wattle and daub repairs. We have started to expose the timber frame.
This moulding was on the building and will be going back on afterwards. It is the faces of two jesters, as a comedian supposedly lived at the property many years ago!
Work is coming along nicely at one of our Newton Green sites. We are prepping for the extension and also getting the front ready for lime plastering.
We are carrying out a complete overhaul of a Victorian cottage in Little Waldingfield. We will be fitting new slates, lead work and installing a GRP valley. A GRP valley is a cost-effective alternative to lead. They are made of glass-reinforced plastic, making them lightweight and flexible. They allow the safe run-off of water into the guttering.