Making the cut
We used to store all our photographs, including hundreds taken during the course of our self-build on flickr. Previously flickr allowed...
Going up
The plinth walls are growing. The picture above shows the corner detail. You can see the damp proof course (DPC) lying over the damp...
Our Site Surveyor
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A green light
Mark spoke with Mr Kitcatt, Building Control Manager for Purbeck District Council, this morning. Mr Kitcatt is happy with the calcs for...
Dark Night of the Soul
Following our visit to Vision in Reading earlier this month (see The Good, the bad and the ugly) we had been feeling more optimistic...
It never rains but it pours
Yesterday we had a letter from Building Control saying that we shouldn't have started the build without clearing the conditions attached...
An even more important inspection
It may have passed muster with building control but this morning there was a far more important inspection... by our neighbour Tom who,...
An Inspector calls
Steve was back on site bright and early this morning. A grabber truck came and removed the urbanite from the front garden and Steve moved...
