Tuesday, 14 October 2008

The Shed

The shed has arrived:



And the extension is going up - building up to support the roof:

Monday, 13 October 2008

Air Raid Shelter Finally gone

The last vestiges of the air raid shelter were finally erased from the garden today with the arrival of some chippings to cover the rumble made when knocking it down. Tomorrow the shed should be arriving and the demolition of the outhouses can begin.



Meanwhile, progress on the extension continued:

Sunday, 12 October 2008

Feeling Sleepy

Some sleepers arrived over the weekend. They are for the area around the old air-raid shelter which the new shed is going on when it arrives on tuesday

Thursday, 9 October 2008

End of the week

Tomorrow the builders have to go on an equity and diversity training course so this week's building has finished. The extension is up to approx. 2m high now.



The lintels are in all the windows and the patio door.



Also, some wood has arrived - you can see it here - not sure whether its for the roof or for standing on for putting the roof up.

Wednesday, 8 October 2008

Bye Bye neighbours

The wall is going up. Its up so high now we cant see over the wall to our neighbours or see their garage.



Tuesday, 7 October 2008

New Skip

The rain today meant there was little new work. Highlight of the day was when some bricks magically appeared


Later on a new skip arrived too, so we decided to throw some things into it:



Monday, 6 October 2008

red bricks

Continuing progress along the side with more red bricks going on:



Also, some blocks going on the garage wall to brick up the wooden wall part of the garage