Not a lot has happened this week. We are waiting for the building inspector to come which is slated for tomorrow. Hopefully he'll be okay with everything, although I suspect he'll want the first beams lowered to match the new beams so the pillar top will be flat - I'm wondering how the final beams will sit on the pillar as it stands as they have to go at right angles to the current pair and that is where the step in the pillar is.
When we finally get the nod from the inspector Geoff can get on building the first floor extension and things should really get going again. Plus with a bit of luck we'll get a sealed house again!
Thursday 2 August 2007
Tuesday 31 July 2007
The destruction continues...
Well, we went away for the weekend and look what happened!
Because the joists run across the house, the outside wall here cannot be held up with acro props under the floor joists so Geoff and the boys had to punch holes through the wall just above floor height with these metal bars and prop the bars from the ground.
But the ground floor layout is becoming visible now - just removing these 2 walls has opened everything up ...
quite literally - we have a huge hole in the outside wall, no heating because the radiators haven't been capped off, and are using the immersion heater for hot water as the CH is out of commission so it's a bit cold - but at least it is not raining!! Unfortunately, because of the depth of the beams, they cannot go any higher or they would hit he floor upstairs so they are not level with the previous beams outside - hence the step in the pillar. The building inspector has to come and check everything before the beams are fixed in place, but once that is done the walls can continue for the first floor so the extension shell should go up at pace.
Because the joists run across the house, the outside wall here cannot be held up with acro props under the floor joists so Geoff and the boys had to punch holes through the wall just above floor height with these metal bars and prop the bars from the ground.
But the ground floor layout is becoming visible now - just removing these 2 walls has opened everything up ...
quite literally - we have a huge hole in the outside wall, no heating because the radiators haven't been capped off, and are using the immersion heater for hot water as the CH is out of commission so it's a bit cold - but at least it is not raining!! Unfortunately, because of the depth of the beams, they cannot go any higher or they would hit he floor upstairs so they are not level with the previous beams outside - hence the step in the pillar. The building inspector has to come and check everything before the beams are fixed in place, but once that is done the walls can continue for the first floor so the extension shell should go up at pace.
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