Day 4 of Clearing and Levelling Ground for Floor Slab
With slightly cooler weather, we carried on with the task of scraping and clearing away the excess sand and soil from all the ground between the foundation strips. We did…
Day 3 of Smoothing Off the Ground Ready for Floor Slab
Today, working in damp softened soil, we carried on with the scraping of the soil inside the footprint of the house. We finished off Bedroom 3 and the front half…
Day 2 of Levelling the Ground for Floor Slab
We did a little bit of work this morning before the rain became too heavy for us, scraping the area around the Utility Room working towards Bedroom 3 in the…
Clearing and Leveling area ready for Floor Slab Day 1
Today, we carried on with the tidying up task of removing the batter boards, disassembling the unused concrete shoots, collecting up all the rubbish and any other miscellaneous items left…
Day 3 – Completion of Bitumen Waterproofing of Perimeter Wall
This morning, under a baking sun (temperature reached almost 30°C in the shade), we finished off the 2nd coat of the Bitumen waterproof treatment of the Perimeter Wall, around the…
Day 2 of Bitumen Waterproofing Treatment on Perimeter Wall
This morning, under a blanket of white clouds, we carried on with the bitumen painting of the Perimeter Wall, from the back corner of the Great Room and along the front…
Waterproof Bitumen Paint Job Started – Day 1
Today, we started the task of applying the bitumen paint to the outside surface of our Perimeter Wall to make it waterproof against damp and floods. The morning was spent…
Day 11 of Perimeter Wall Assembly and .. It is ALL Done!
With the rise of the sun (;-), we started work early today at 9am, it was a very humid and stuffy morning with no breeze to keep us cool. But…
Day 10 – Construction of Perimeter Wall
A long day of doing the 3rd course of the block wall and going onto the 4th layer with our morning and afternoon sessions. The morning one saw us doing…
Day 9 of Perimeter Wall Block by Block!
We started early this morning to try and do as many concrete blocks on our 3rd tier of the Perimeter Wall before lunchtime and the predicted rain coming this afternoon.…