Day 12 - Digging Foundations

Today the remaining trench for the garage was to be dug and the BCO was to be on-site to inspect the depth. I usually visit the site on my way to work but today I left early expecting the only work today would be the completion of the trench and drainage. I received a phone call at 12:00 from the BCO saying they will be visiting at 14:00.


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Photos 1 to 3 show the trench for the garage. It has to be 2.1m due to the proximity of the Eucalyptus tree.
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Photos 4 to 6 show the main drain line installed with a number of inspection chambers where the drain needs to change direction. So far so good. What awaited inside was something else.
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Photos 7 and 8 show the old breakfast room, in which the timber floor had been removed, having the plaster being taken off the walls. There is a pen mark at 1m height where the plan is to remove the plaster and apply the DPM. I had got a second opinion on this and was toldit wasn't necessary as the existing DPC was doing its job. This wasn't a big concern but what has really upset me is that the existing skirting has been removed and damaged beyond repair. I had mentioned it several times that I wanted to keep the original skirting boards but I found the long length broken in the back garden.
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Photo 9 shows half of the long length of original skirting. Everything was going so well and one day I didn't visit the site and it goes pear shaped! Its not the end of the world, and hopefully there are companies that can replicate it but I doubt it will be the same quality of wood and due to the height, they would come in 2 pieces, and cost a small fortune that should have been unnecessary. Not happy at all.

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