OSB Sheets and Half the CLS 63mm Timber Moved
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…
All 420 Concrete Blocks Moved!
Today, we finished off moving the concrete blocks, all 420, yes all four hundred and twenty concrete blocks on 7 pallets. These are the narrow 140mm hollow blocks and we…
Tidy Up After Wall Building!
This afternoon, we started the tidy up process. We have finished building the walls of the swimming lane, as part of this stage of construction goes. We are now using…
Clean Up Chore is Done At Last!
We have finally finished sieving the soil, moved the “clean” dirt (huh!) to Mount Sod, and filled 5 large (6cubic yard) skips of rubbish!!
The Massive Soil Works starts …
We start the huge task of sorting out the site, ready for the main house to be built upon! The soil is a real mess of old garden rubbish, DIY…
Tidying Up site
We have been tidying up the whole site ready for the start of phase 3 – the construction of the main house. The site clearance operation has been seeing various…
Octagonal Flower Bed finished!
The new raised Flower Bed is finally completed today. The Octagonal shaped constructed of dry bricks (without cement), a mixture of concrete driveway bricks and standard clay bricks. There are…
Waste disposal
Another of those inevitable expenses involved in demolition work is disposing of the waste. Now that the demolition is complete we have to get rid of all the waste. There…
Shed Moved and Bloated!
The shed has been successfully moved to its new location. We have bloated it up by adding two more 4feet wide (8feeet high) panels to the side walls to extend…
Garage Site Clearance Review
The footprint of the garage and driveway has been cleared. The top soil was removed (about 300mm, a foot) and dumped on the heap which we are now calling Mount…