Showing posts with label concrete. Show all posts
Showing posts with label concrete. Show all posts

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Dpc surfing mary poppins style

Gale force gusts have arrived, luckily there is not much to blow down, there are enough holes in the gable to allow the wind to whistle through! What else could happen...
Dilema, we need the DPC down asap ready for the concrete, so david poppins has been trying a new hobby- DPC surfing, I knew he wanted to try kite surfing! Eventually after wrestling all day we are ready for the concrete...

All hands on deck... Wellies rakes to hand and pourrrr - 12 m3 of c25/30 3 hours and a batch of bacon butties later the floor slab is complete, all ready for the walls BlogBooster-The most productive way for mobile blogging. BlogBooster is a multi-service blog editor for iPhone, Android, WebOs and your desktop

Saturday, September 3, 2011

foundations dug...again!

Due to the open plan design there are a large number of structurally supporting walls in the downstairs.  These have now been dug and 16m3 of concrete poured all in a chilled days work.  This time there was no rain,clay or dogs jumping into the foundations ~ just an aggitated David as I stole his man power!(apparently)Internal walls let it begin,,,