The builder is hoping to get the building inspector in tomorrow to check the footings. His Polish lads have been digging for england through about 1 foot of top soil and 2 of clay. We have been shifting the soil to the other end of the garden to use and that was hard work - how they hump binfuls of clay into the skip all day long I don't know.
We are away for the weekend, so we may well come back to concrete instead of holes - what a relief after all the hassle of getting this far.
Ordered the boiler and tank yesterday so we get the installation information ready in plenty of time.
We also ordered the sofa and the bed! A bit keen but we didn't want to miss out if they changed model ranges... The bed is scheduled for september and and the sofa for 1st december - some targets for Geoff to go for!
Thursday 31 May 2007
Monday 28 May 2007
Dust!
As promised, a third labourer and a new skip arrived this morning, and by the end of the day we had a deep, hand dug, clay lined trench....
As a hint for anyone else, if they bring a circular cutter to get through tarmac or concrete, close or block all the windows - the dust gets EVERYWHERE.....
The house now looks very different. We can see how much space there is available - and how much of it the extension is taking up!
As a hint for anyone else, if they bring a circular cutter to get through tarmac or concrete, close or block all the windows - the dust gets EVERYWHERE.....
The house now looks very different. We can see how much space there is available - and how much of it the extension is taking up!
Sunday 27 May 2007
Off and Running
Well, we spoke to the builder last week to tell him we had got the money. He phoned us on friday to say he was going to come saturday if he could get a skip. It then went quiet....
Until 10am this sunday morning when he arrived with 2 labourers and informed us a skip was on the way in an hour...
Before:
10 minutes later the skip arrived - and by 12 noon, it was full and we no longer had a garage.
By 6 pm they had filled another, almost cleared the shed, emptied the woodshed and started on the dog kennel.....
After:
Tomorrow, (yes, bank holiday monday!) he's bringing 3 labourers and expects to have started excavating the foundation trenches....
We'll be signing the contract and agreeing terms very soon, but the schedule has started in earnest - and I'm nervous, there's no turning back now (well, there is but it will be hard and expensive). I will be posting before and after photos as we go and I'm hoping to use a web cam to do a timelapse film.
Until 10am this sunday morning when he arrived with 2 labourers and informed us a skip was on the way in an hour...
Before:
10 minutes later the skip arrived - and by 12 noon, it was full and we no longer had a garage.
By 6 pm they had filled another, almost cleared the shed, emptied the woodshed and started on the dog kennel.....
After:
Tomorrow, (yes, bank holiday monday!) he's bringing 3 labourers and expects to have started excavating the foundation trenches....
We'll be signing the contract and agreeing terms very soon, but the schedule has started in earnest - and I'm nervous, there's no turning back now (well, there is but it will be hard and expensive). I will be posting before and after photos as we go and I'm hoping to use a web cam to do a timelapse film.
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