A cement overcoat
We have been slowly getting on with the few jobs that we can do whilst we await the arrival of the windows. Prior to the recent cold snap...
Straps and restraints
Straight strapping has been fixed from the rib flange over the plinth wall plate and down to the plinth wall itself to provide vertical...
Plate Spinning
Yesterday we mounted the plinth wall plates. They were HEAVY! We wouldn't have managed to raise them without the engine crane that we...
Top up
Topping off with mortar and incorporating a fall between the inner to outer leaf of the plinth wall (The Fall , 31st July 2016) resulted...
The fall
This weekend has been taken up with topping off the plinth walls with cement and incorporating a slight fall between the inner and outer...
The covers are on, building is suspended
The plinth walls are up to height and their cavities have been filled with insulation. We can do no more until we take delivery of the...
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...
Up periscopes!
Building Regulations require a free airflow below suspended ground floors of at least 1500mm2 per metre run of wall. We are positioning...
Winter woollens
Yesterday morning the DriTherm 37 cavity slabs to insulate the plinth walls were delivered. All this insulation for just two 12m long 1m...
