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…
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…
Pouring the Garage Foundations
The time has come! We are placing the first concrete on the site. We are using a special concrete from Lafarge called ‘Agilia Trench flow’. This should allow us the…
Early Start
Well early for us! About 8:30 we started to prepare formwork infront of the temporary front door. This will give us a place to put any excess concrete later on. We…
Filled around the foundations
All of the area around the foundations has now been filled to nearly the right level. The area inside the garage was filled with sand and compacted and the outsides…
Electric man visit
Having paid the kings ransom on Monday, the man from EDF energy came this morning. Looked at the site and old meter and approved the route for the new cable.…
Doing Form work (not paper ones)
Sunday Cleared last bit of topsoil alongside the sheds away by spade and barrow, then carefully marked out the four corners of the garage, checking to ensure everything was square! Monday Started by…
Cutting time
Made a large saw table to expand the much smaller table saw to a usfull size. We then cut up 6 sheets of 18mm OSB into 300mm wide strips for…
Ready to start garage foundations
Placed and compacted more sand in the garage footprint ready to install the form work for the foundations. The foundations will be 300mm thick and start 450mm below finished ground…
High high cost of utilitys …
We received the quote for moving the electricity supply today. £1132.70 !!! We all think this is a very high price for very little work. This is what they need…