The false ceiling is now in and the insulation too. The ceiling, which is the floor of the loft, is concrete block and beam. This would absorb a large amount of heat to no purpose. So our house is gradually becoming cocooned.

The first fix wiring for the ceiling lights is now in as well so the plasterer can come back and plasterboard the ceiling. He then will start on doubling the exterior walls with insulation there as well.

I know it's been a long time

It's been about three weeks since I last posted stuff to the blog. That's because the progress has been difficult to describe.
The false ceilings have all now been put in with the insulation. The next thing is the electrician. We have to identify where we want the lights, the switches, which ones are two way, which ones will be on dimmers etc., etc.
That's hard enough but he also wants to know where the plugs are to go. All a bit intimidating.
We have almost decided on floor tiles. We have found a Spanish company that has a depot in Carcassonne. They are about half the price of their French equivalents and as we want about 270 m2 cost is a critical factor. We have ordered a box of each tile so that we can look at them in position before we make our final order.