Category: Phase 3

Our order of ?seconds? of PU (polyurethane) insulation panels arrived today! It came on 14 pallets on a long lorry that managed to drive backwards down our Loke! They were…

Today, we did the 1st of three sewage pipes that needs to be laid in and under the house, before we put in the foundations and floor slab. This was…

This afternoon, we spent the time going over the drawings, calculating the exact positions of the sewage pipes coming out the ground (and through the concrete slab). We also discovered…

In another glorious sunny day, we had the incinerator going all day today, burning up all the old ivy cuttings off our large hedge at the bottom of the garden,…

It was glorious weather today, with a very powerful Sun but it didn’t get hot this time as there was a stronger chilly breeze! We managed to assemble and install…

Today, in the lovely sunshine, we moved the last pile of old timber that came from the demolition of the old bungalow that was here since around 1930’s. We spent…

Today, we handled the next pile of timber, the 89mm by 38mm CLS timber. We also got our neighbour Terry to come and collect all the unusable pieces for his…

We continued with our reorganisation of our site, completing the pile of the 63mm by 38mm CLS timber. We have graded the timber into “good”, “so so” and “rubbish” to…

Today, before the thunderstorm arrived, we managed to move over the stack of OSB sheets (we have 34 of them left) including the protective house covering the wood. We also…

This afternoon, after the rain interruption in the morning, we moved few more tons of dirt over to the gap between the back wall of the swimming lane and the…