Friday 6 November 2009

Insulation, mmm, nice and warm !


Well not quite, we would need a floor first, oh, and a roof by the way, and yes, a working boiler would be nice, too...
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Quite a collection !


Look at the lovely tiddly ones !
two for the corridors, one for the entrance, one for the utility room, and the two big ones for the kitchen...
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Painting some skinny radiators

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View from the neighbour's garden

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Painting the walls

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Brick wall going up...

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Tuesday 3 November 2009

Bricklayers in action


We'll have a wall soon !
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Hulk Hogan delivering some more bricks and sand...


(Scary, from where we stand, looks like the pallet will topple over !)
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Finishing off the bedroom ceiling


Yesterday I added the little vertical pieces of tongue-and-groove boarding, with a little insulation laid and taped in place by Emily.
This is complete, so we are proud to say that the wall now meets the ceiling :-)
(I just need to use a bit of wood filler to hide the nail heads that I punched down...)
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Block and beam floor in progress (Yesterday)


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Monday 2 November 2009

Preparing the ground for surface water


Surface water=rainwater collected by the gutters
Needs to go down the main drain somehow...
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Footings dry and strong


Not completely cured yet, concrete needs 28days to fully cure...

Notice the obligatory hand prints by Emily and myself :-)
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Pouring the footings...


2.5 m^3 of concrete poured by hand...
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Working round the utility pipes...

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Steel down in the trench (Friday)

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