The block and beam flooring was installed today. It is absolutely solid.
Hard, heavy work for the builders.
Block and Beams for the new flooring delivered today.
Brickwork Stage at end of day 12
Now ready for block and beam stage
Day 11 – Thursday 14th July
Brickwork is now in place as far as possible.
The next step is to order the block and beams for the flooring.
Foundations behind new lounge, currently a bedroom
Craning in the building materials
Delivery of building materials
Foundations are all hardened and ready for building
Blocks all ready for building
Delivery of building materials
Friday 8th July – Day 8
Concrete filling
Gate had to be removed
Pipes laid for pumping concrete
Concrete pump started up
Trenches being filled
More concrete arriving
Levelling concrete to peg height
More concrete filling
Tapping out air bubbles and smoothing
Finishing off and creating a working area
Finished Foundations
A great morning’s work!
All areas are now prepared for concrete.
The Building Control Officer has been to inspect the excavation and everything is in order.
Photos below
ready for concrete
ready for concrete 2
ready for concrete 3
Tuesday 5th July and Wednesday 6th July 2016
Lots of changes to be seen now.
Foundations are really taking shape.
Photos below
Building Control Officer will come to inspect the foundations tomorrow
Monday July 4th
The forecast was dry.
Here are photos for Monday’s work:
Digger at work
Friday July 1st
Weather forecast was correct. Lots of very heavy rain over the past 2 days.
State of play after today’s work is shown in the photos below.
Large pieces of concrete found in ground needed a jackhammer drill to break them up into moveable chunks
Ramp to garden and fields
View of trenches so far from patio
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