After discussions with architect, concrete cannot go on top of ash solum, so 5 cubic meters or so us now excavated and is in skip!

Floor now up. Decision to be made on location of drains, also if concrete can go directly on top of ash solium.

Kitchen and dining room now temporarily in garage! 

All clear to lift floors 

No more props!

The steel is up!!!

There are railway bridges made of lighter section than this!!

Here it is now encased in 2 cubic metres of reinforced concrete! 

Tiles and ply removed from kitchen floor in readiness for props under bathroom floor.

New doorway created where kitchen window used to be.

Quite a few bricks removed.

Steel deliverer sat morn. It now rests near where it will be installed.  The props can now go in and the back wall come down.

The props are in place in former dinning room. However kitchen floor and ceiling need part removed to prop under bath room.

French doors no more!

Back door no more!

Steel coming on Saturday! 

Exterior  cladding complete, including spotlights fitted!

Cederal up to window cill height.

Building inspectors from next door!

Cederal cladding well underway. Waiting for winfow cills befor cladding all the way up

Used to be an arch way!

New drainage arragement. Hope this satisfied building control!

Well, the man from building control didn't like my dtainage arrangement!
The problem is the down portion goes into tbe old drain with a 90 degree T.
He is worried about solids going the wrong way in the pipe so need to replace the 90 t with a 45, so big hole is now dug!

Been ages since update! That doesnt mean nothing has been happening!

Triangular window which was supplied wrong is now fitted.

Lead flashing to roof lights now in place with fleese natting betewwm lead and glass to mitigate risk of thefmal shock

Insulation to inside complete

Drains for utility room and shower room installed.

Slightly unorthodox testing, couldnt seal both ends as no easy access to existing vent stack , so stopped up in manhole before  the road and filled system with water. After 1 hour the water had not dropped even a millimetre so recon all seals are water tight!

A spot of gardening to make access for roof glazing.

Protection in place for expensive roof!

And here it is...... GLASS!!!

Adjustment to roof upstand to accomodate odd leg tripple glazing units. Sarnsfill guys got it wrong so they are coming  back to extend the membrane further over the upstand. The odd leg of the glass will sit on top of the membrane, the other two should take it down and under thus providing a good seal

Started to fit roof and wall insulation.

Garage floor prepared for dpm then concrete

Volumetric delivery arrives!

Much shoveling and sufficient reinforceing

Floated smooth!