Today the concrete was poured on the main extension.
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Sand blinded ready for DPM and then concrete. These photos show the area of the kitchen. The excavated corner was still giving us problems with the amount of water that had accumulated. It was constantly dripping from below the original foundations of the house.
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With the DPM spread, down went the concrete.
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Photo 9 shows the extension that will be part of the kitchen.
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Photo 10 shows the extension that will be part of the dining area.
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Photos 11 and 12 show the extension that will be part of the dining area after the concrete had dried a little.
Grab lorry arrived to remove more muck Photo 1 Photo 2 The damp proofing was also applied in the hallway. Although it was suggested to take the damp proofing up to 1m, it would have required removing all the skirting and dado-rails. We decided against it as the existing damp course was doing its job so we just applied it below the finished floor level as that wont be accessible. Photo 3 Photo 4 Photo 5 Photo 6 Photo 7 Photo 8 Photo 9 Photos 5 to 9 show the foundation masonry being constructed. This will all be below ground level and won't be seen. Previous Next
Brickwork has been progressing on the garage. The difficulty has been finding and cleaning the best of the salvaged bricks to reuse. Photo 1 Photo 2 Photo 3 Photo 4 Photo 5 Photo 6 Photo 7 Previous Next
With the BCO scheduled to visit today so that the oversite on the garage could be laid, we were hoping the weather would be kind. The excavation of the concrete pad also continued. Photo 1 Due to the rainfall over the last few days, there was a lot of water in the ground as shown in Photo 1. Photo 2 Photo 3 The water was pumped out and the area dug to a depth of 800mm below the foundations of the house. Photo 4 Photo 5 The BCO visited at 13:00 and approved the dug corner ensuring we had reached clay, and was happy for the concrete to be poured on the extension tomorrow once we had some photographs showing the layer of sand and DPM. Photo 6 Concrete was poured to form the garage floor. Photo 7 The builders also started to look at preparing for the structural steels. Photo 8 As this wall was going to be knocked through, I was concerned the picture rail was going to be damaged, so took the opportunity of using the trestles to remove ...
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