break on through to the other side

Today we cut through the wall to re open the old back door.  You can now see straight from the front door to the back yard.  Probably not very good Feng Shui,  but as we're not Chinese!!  Apparently it means that all your cash will flow straight out the door.  I think buying an old timber house pretty much guarantees that's going to happen anyway.

Our builder has started and the list of jobs just got a lot longer.  There's nary a straight wall and the ceiling has so few timbers it's amazing the roof hasn't fallen in.  There's LVL's (no idea what that stands for - Laminated something), Rondo channel, noggins, packing, expander foam etc etc.

Still, the roof looks sound, there's no daylight coming through anywhere, and after a very heavy rain, there's no sign of any leaks.  That's good news.