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…
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…
Levelling and Tidying up ground around garage
Spent yesterday and today levelling and tidying up the grounds in front of the garage and the storage shed to get them ready for laying down an asphalt hard-core layer…