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Windows and doors, canopy and floors!
The roof was on, the stairs were in. Carl and Ash were laying the floor insulation and screed in the utility and shower room, so we...
Sep 2, 20194 min read
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Apples and Pears!
In my last post we skipped ahead a little by concentrating purely on the roof tiling, which took place over two weekends, but the rest of...
Jul 31, 20194 min read
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Tyler The Tiler...
...honestly you can't make this stuff up! Three tilers arrived on Sunday 9th June and Tyler was just one of the team, but as our youngest...
Jul 28, 20192 min read
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"Big bloody roof!"
I mentioned in my previous post 'Ready for roofing' that although we were ready and set, the roof trusses weren't quite a 'go' yet, but...
Jul 25, 20192 min read
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The Big Steel
Well in the week of 27th May, we had to move out for a few days. The new steel needed to be safely installed in the wall and with it...
Jul 24, 20192 min read
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Ready for roofing
The walls just kept on growing on Monday 20th May. Carl, Ash and Bob were once again joined by Mark and Aidan and by the end of the day...
Jun 3, 20192 min read
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We have a first floor!
Seeing the whole build edging towards the first floor meant one thing, we needed scaffolding! On Tuesday 14th May, it arrived. The...
May 29, 20192 min read
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Up, up and away!
All the builders were back on Monday 13th May, and the five of them got straight on with even more lovely bricklaying and block laying. I...
May 27, 20192 min read
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Mighty Fine Looking Walls
So, just as a recap- we have new drainage in all the right places, good solid footings and foundation walls and a perfectly smooth...
May 20, 20192 min read
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Out of the ground...
After the concrete pour on the Friday, we quickly back filled the long sewer pipe trench and around the inspection chamber before the...
May 17, 20192 min read
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A Solid Foundation
After all the digging, groundwork, pipework, shuttering, bridging over and staking out, we were finally ready for the concrete pour of...
May 15, 20192 min read
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Trust me I'm (not) a plumber
Picking up from where we left off yesterday...There were unfortunately several foundation walls and drains that could not be dug by the...
May 14, 20197 min read
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Safe As Houses
Solidly digging for a whole two months, you will please forgive the lack of any build updates. The good news is we are now out of the...
May 13, 20193 min read
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Dig Dig Dig...
Undoubtedly time for a build update as it's been a few months. At the moment we have a ditch... it may not sound terribly exciting, but...
Feb 23, 20193 min read
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On the drawing board
When we decided we needed to extend our house, (almost immediately after purchase) we were not in the financial position to make anything...
Nov 30, 20183 min read
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Garage from HELL
Our garage has been our go to dumping ground since we moved into our house, it has wood and tools and things for the car, sledges and...
Nov 15, 20182 min read
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and so it begins...
I've been thinking about doing this for a while. I realised, not to sound to Liam Neeson-y, that I had a particular set of skills......
Aug 12, 20182 min read
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