Garage slab concrete poured
After the problems bailing out the actual pour went smoothly! There were 3 loads of concrete (Agilia Force) delivered between 11:00 and 12:15. Each load only took 3-4 minutes to…
Water, water everywhere!
Well we had 10.9mm of rain since we finished the DPM Yesterday. That’s over 800 litres of water to get out of the garage slab DPM. The job was not…
Its raining !
According to the weather meter we have had 3.5mm of rain in the last hour… This is nearly 270 litres of water in our slabs DPM ‘tank’ . We will have…
DPM is Laid and Sealed!
The Damp Proof Membrane is lying flat and relatively smooth ! We started early again (8:30am) to get the job done before the Building Control inspector came! Phew! We put…
DPM for Floor Slab Approved
Our inspector from the building control department came at lunch time and inspected the integrity of our DPM, ready for the floor slab of the garage and as long as…
Garage Slab Formwork done
As we are on a tight schedule we started work at 9:00am and finished at 6:40pm, this is the longest day we have done so far! The morning was spent…
Preparing for the Floor Slab!
This morning we pulled up the foundation’s formwork and it wasn’t too difficult thank goodness! Very nice smooth finishes with just a hint of a textured surface picked up from…
Guttering is Up!
Yesterday we put up the guttering on the front of the wooden temporary shed and our new front door. It was something we were meaning to do for a while…
Temporary Driveway nearly finished
We have been laying the granulated asphalt down over the last 2 days. On Thursday we laid an area in front of the garage which has a slope towards the…
20tons of Asphalt recycled chippings
We had a delivery of 20tons of recycled asphalt road chippings. We have spread it all over the area where our future drive way will be (in a couple of…