Category: Build Progress

 Today, we finished off scraping all the trenches of our strip foundations to make sure we have brought up the depth of the trenches so it is more consistent. We…

 Today, we started .. and finished (wow!) the digging and removing the “content” of the foundation trenches. Some of the sandy soil was easy and could be just scooped out,…

 Yesterday we completed the shuttering of the front to back trench. We then started on the entertainment room. Then today, we finished off the shuttering around the Entertainment room, and then…

 We managed to finish off the front line of trenches, going around the complex air tunnel and chimney section, and continued along the final long side, F6 to B6 front…

 We carried on with the front strip of the foundation, with the completion of the Hall and Entertainment bits and also part of the Utility room too. We were constructing…

 This afternoon, after the morning was rather damp with rain showers, we started on doing the line of the foundation trenches along the front of the house. we have completed…

 This morning, we quickly finished off the 3rd front to back foundation strip we left over from yesterday. we then also moved some excess soil from around the front of…

 For our half day of work today, we almost finished the 3rd front to back foundation strip, with another 2 square pads incorporated in the line. The ground was jolly…

 Today, in slightly barely cooler weather, completed the first front to back foundation strip shuttering, then completed also the 2nd strip which has two expanded areas to support the legs…

 This afternoon, we sliced up 6 sheets of the 18mm OSB boards to make a collection of 2 different heights of shuttering. We made 12 pieces of 200mm tall and 16…