Insulating the upstairs

Pete helped by a friend of ours, Rhett, putting up battening and insulation in what will be the bedroom over the shop. Just blocking the drafts that were howling through the edges of the eaves has warmed up the upstairs considerably. We had to spend an afternoon the other day cutting down the hydrangeas alongside the shop (by the road), to get to the climbing roses and brambles behind them, that were coming into the roofspace - great thick twining stems growing indoors! Have vigorously pruned the rambling rose, but this just seems to encourage it! Once the insulation is done we can start heating the place and then lay the second half of the upstairs floor-boards (over the particle board you can just see in the picture)

The end wall will be dry-lined. Rendering it will bring too much water into the building again. We have bought a second dehumidifier (second-hand this time) to dry out the downstairs rooms, as the rendering is still a bit wet. As we have started to acquire furniture & beds etc, we need to keep them dry.