Week One

Well it has started!

Day one of our build (Monday 14th July) saw the old rear porch extension (see photo of old porch) being demolished and a whole skip full of debris going! We were away most of the day (having been at T in the park all weekend) so not too bad for us! See photos 1, 2 and 3 at the end of day one.

Day two was pretty noisy, with another skip being filled by a digger. We now have some nice trenches for the foundations (see these photos -1, 2, 3), and tomorrow they're hoping to get the drainage dug out.

Day three - another skip another day. More digging, drilling and getting great big lumps of concrete out of the ground. Doesn't look an awful lot different, but it's definitely moving on.

Day four - our first big delivery of 'stuff' arrived - blockwork, cement, sand, etc. And the lovely people from building control managed to make it out today (didn't think they'd be here until tomorrow) and they've passed the foundation dig :-)

Day five - after fitting steel mesh reinforcement for the foundations, the concrete arrived and the foundations were poured by 11am! Hope the weather doesn't get much wetter.

The weekend - No rest for the wicked! To make the most of the (mainly - this is Scotland!!) dry weather, the team are pushing on. So the brickwork is starting over the weekend and I'll add pictures to next week's post.

That's it for week one. We're really pleased with how quickly it's moving, and hope it continues! :-)