Day 6: Excess Soil Removed From Site, Bricking Up Started The start of the second week, and we were on holiday. No photos. They took the soil down to level with the top of the foundations, apparently 6 skips needed (confirmed by a neighbour). It is amazing how much earth needs to come out of…
House Extension
Trenches filled with the concrete foundation
by Jon •
Day 5: Foundations Completed – Trenches Filled With Concrete Day 5 was a major day. The pipes were boxed in and the trench tidied a little. At around 11.30am the cement arrived and the 3 builders started wheelbarrowing it from the road to the trenches at the back. The lorry ran out of cement and…
1.5 metre foundation trench completed
by Jon •
Day 4: Foundation Trench Dug To 1.5m Day 4 was both eventful and uneventful really. It was uneventful for me as nothing very visual happened, but very eventful for the builders who dug out an extra 50cm of rock hard earth. The builders dug out the rest of the trench, going down to 1.5m, which…
Foundation trench inspection day – trenches need to be 1.5 m deep
by Jon •
Day 3: Foundation Trench Building Inspection Another sunny start to the day. The last of the trench is being dug as I type this. The outside tap, which stopped working during the winter, is being fixed too so that they can make their mortar. The building regs inspector from the council is due to arrive…
Digging Foundation Trenches
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Day 2: Trenches Dug and Rainwater Drains Located Day 2: AM. Today the digger and skip arrived in the morning and the foundation trenches were started. The builders said that our soil is very hard and even the digger is struggling. I know all about that, having planted many trees over the years, and also…
Ground prep for a single story extension
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Day 1: Ground Is Prepared and Marked Out For Foundation Trenches Day 1 – 15th July 2013 Building officially started today. I cleared the area last week and the ground is ready for the builders. However, they could not get their digger today, so the foundations will be started tomorrow. They marked out the extension…