Groundworkers need to finish off leveling the ground and pouring concrete for the post and cloakroom. Unfortunately they haven't been on site for a few days now, having to chase them to know when they are going to complete. Meanwhile, I've taken delivery of the materials for the brickwork.
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When ordering the materials, no time-slot was given so this delivery arrived while I was still on the morning school run but driver was good to wait for half an hour. Due to the tree branches, the crane wasn't able to drop the materials where I was hoping, instead the driver managed to reverse into the driveway and drop the materials into the middle.
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The bricks also arrived and I wanted them to be dropped towards the back as the new bricks will be used for the extension, with existing bricks being used at the front on the garage. Unfortunately, as the groundworkers will require access to finish leveling off the ground, it meant the bricks also had to be stored at the front. Fortunately there was sufficient space to off load 3500 bricks.
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
This blog captures the journey of our renovation to an Edwardian era detached house. The property consists of a sitting room, drawing room, dining room, breakfast room, kitchen, utility and conservatory on the ground floor, 4 double bedrooms and bathroom on the first floor and another 2 bedrooms on the second floor. There is also a detached garage and workshops which run along the west-side of the house (shown incorrectly in the plan above due to lack of space) As the property is constructed of solid walls with single glazing timber windows, the house is obviously very cold, so we are hoping to improve the thermal efficiency of the property during our renovation. Our intention is to remodel the rear of the house from its separate rooms into an open-plan living, dining and kitchen area. We would also like to replace the existing garage with an attached garage and room above to accommodate a dressing room and en-suite for the master bedroom. 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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