New path to the new front door
One of the last groundwork tasks finished. We laid paving slabs from the front door to the loke. The wonder of a diamond saw allowed us to make a neat…
Removed slab formwork
As requested by Kevin we removed the formwork from the slab this morning. The slab as set hard already and can be walked on… though it is very slippery where…
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…
Concrete Man Comes!
The concrete Rep from Lafarge came today to see our site. Full of very useful information. We have ordered 4.5 cubic metres and it is coming tomorrow at 11am. The…
BCO approves Holes!
Our friendly BCO have been and inspected our holes, ready for the concrete foundations of the garage. It looks very nice and well compacted he said so he’s happy, 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…