Tidy Up After Floor Slab Creation!
Today, in lovely sunshine instead of the wet rainy day we had yesterday (typical!!), we started the tidying up task after the concrete has set enough overnight, for us to…
Floor Slab is Poured!
What A Day! 7 AM We started at 7am at the crack of dawn to clear away as much as possible the rain water still puddling on the DPM plastic…
Rain, Rain, Rain – Before Floor Slab is Poured!
We woke up to the news that we had well over 10mm of rain overnight, plus the 5mm we had the day before and thus making 15mm of rain! Oh…
Day 2 of Installing the Pipework for Rainwater off Roof
This afternoon, we continued with installing of the pipework running around the perimeter of the house, connecting to the downpipes from the roof and the guttering. We went along the…
Installing Pipework for Rainwater off the Roof and Guttering
Today, while we are waiting for the arrival of the ready mixed concrete on Monday, we carried on with the preparation and installation of the pipework running around the perimeter…
Tarpaulin Covering “rots” under the Hot Summer Sun!
And finally, we had to deal with a failed covering on our Timber Store located in our Swimming Lane. The tarpaulin has been completely “fallen” apart from being blasted by…
Laser Level Check and Final Adjustments of Cellular Framework of Floor Slab
This afternoon, we went around checking the height of all our cellular framework that divides up the Floor Slab. It is rather satisfying that we didn’t get more than 10mm…
Building Inspector Approves Preparation for Floor Slab!
Our Building Inspector came along at lunch time and spent a few minutes looking over our DPM plastic, sticking up pipes and how it was all stuck together. He said…
Shopping List for Steel Bits and Pieces
This morning, a shopping list is being made up containing the Steel parts that forms the Central Structural Framework that holds up the whole roof complex. There are RSJ, box…
Concrete Deflector for Top of Perimeter Walls
We finished off the day’s work by building a deflector to control the sloshy concrete being poured onto the top of the Perimeter Wall. The walls has hollow columns and they are…