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…
A DIY Selfbuild by Stephen, Shaun & Daphne
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…
This afternoon, we continued with the clear up operation on the site, removing concrete “homemade” blocks, removing the Batter Boards around the outside and repairing the kitchen sewage pipe that…
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…
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…
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…
This morning, before the rain came along, we started clearing the area inside our building of all the rubbish and equipment plus chairs and table etc. to get the whole…
We tackled the second half of the ivy choked blackthorn and hawthorn wild hedge that runs across the bottom of our garden between us and the school field. It was another…
We started today on tidying up the area inside the footprint of our house, winding up hose, putting up the ramp over the wall at the back door nearest the…
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…
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…