The week we both uttered the words ‘we should have just moved..’
This week was the first of the ‘knock through’s’ and was messy. In spite of sealing up all the gaps the dust still found a way through…. annoyingly it decides to find a way by coming through the ceiling spotlights!
Walls come tumbling down…
Not much happened last week due to bad weather but this week the team will be putting in the steels to hold up the rear of the house and allow for the joists to be installed. This means losing the dining room, part of Frasers room and yet more of the kitchen – including the sink. The estimate is for two weeks…
The walls have got higher..
And the smaller steels and lintels have arrived ..
No sign of builders merchants reopening. The one that is open hasn’t delivered any bricks this week. We have around 700 left I think.. and two tonnes of sand. I’m hopeful we will keep going next week although Lukasz (our builder) told us he expects to shut down next week without more supplies.
That aside, the scaffolding went up on Tuesday and Daniel and Wisak started building the garage and pillar for the steel at the front of the house.
Work resumed this week thanks to a double delivery of sand and cement 🙂 next challenge is getting more bricks but for now we have enough materials for 2-3 days next week.
Lockdown on Monday – thankfully construction is allowed to continue. Suppliers shutdown though, so we find ourselves without bricks,sand and cement until Monday. The guys tidied up at the end of today having achieved quite a lot in 3 days…
What a week that was… global emergency due to Covid-19. We do not know yet if this will stop work at some point. For now, our guys continue…
Well, the team certainly work fast! Some major progress this week, I really should have done a midweek post but my day job has been too busy. Here we go…
Foundations filled. Manholes moved. Kamil is working on a Saturday to fill in the excavated ground he had to dig to fit the new pipework. next week we lose the kitchen extension and start building the floor and walls.
House Extension Photo Diary