Happy as a sand-boy
It hadn't been forecast but we had more torrential rain again this morning. The dumper was back on site for shifting concrete and moving...
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...
A Breakthrough
Today the pipe to the foul water drain went in. It's the brown pipe in the picture and it connects via our existing manhole. The black...
Misty Morning, Flooded Footings
We had some torrential downpours yesterday and overnight and the foundation trenches were flooded this morning. After pumping out the...
The Waiting Game
This morning Steve marked out the position of the block walls for the foundations and then waited for delivery of the blocks and cement....
Footings Finished
The excavations for the foundations were finished today and the remaining concrete for the footings poured into them ready for the blocks...
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...
Bank holiday tidy up
We spent the bank holiday weekend tidying up the site and moving plants, pots, garden furniture etc. in preparation for trench digging...
Dumper truck delivered
A dumper truck was delivered this morning ready for Steve to use next week. Monday is a Bank Holiday so the urbanite will be removed on...
