[Part I] … [Part V] … [Part X] [Part XI] [Part XII] [Part XIII] [Part XIV] [Part XV] Finally the time had come to break down the boundaries between the work taking place on the extension, and the inside of …
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[Part I] … [Part V] … [Part X] [Part XI] [Part XII] [Part XIII] [Part XIV] [Part XV] The start of week six saw some more work from the electricians. Here you can see a few wires passing through the …
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[Part I] … [Part V] … [Part X] [Part XI] [Part XII] [Part XIII] [Part XIV] [Part XV] Over the previous couple of days the electricians had run cables and fitted boxes to the walls as part of their first …
Read moreBuilding an Extension, Part XI
[Part I] … [Part V] … [Part X] [Part XI] [Part XII] [Part XIII] [Part XIV] [Part XV] After the previous post’s foray into the dangers of not specifying your build materials clearly enough, back to some actual building. We’ve …
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[Part I] … [Part V] … [Part X] [Part XI] [Part XII] [Part XIII] [Part XIV] [Part XV] The presence of uPVC French doors instead of the wooden ones I was expecting was a huge disappointment to me. There are …
Read moreBuilding an Extension, Part IX
[Part I] … [Part V] [Part VI] [Part VII] [Part VIII] [Part IX] [Part X] … [Part XV] After the Tuesday addition of the roof beams, Wednesday was another quite day. The roof beams gained some bolts, and the building …
Read moreBuilding an Extension, Part VIII
[Part I] … [Part V] [Part VI] [Part VII] [Part VIII] [Part IX] [Part X] … [Part XV] After the gable ends were cut, things went a bit quiet. I got up and dressed early the following day, in preparation …
Read moreBuilding an Extension, Part VII
[Part I] … [Part V] [Part VI] [Part VII] [Part VIII] [Part IX] [Part X] … [Part XV] When we left the building work at the end of our previous instalment, the walls looked something like this: Note, in particular, …
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[Part I] … [Part V] [Part VI] [Part VII] [Part VIII] [Part IX] [Part X] … [Part XV] During the course of Monday the sand was compacted, the damp-proof membrane added, and the concrete slab poured: The rest of the …
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[Part I] … [Part V] [Part VI] [Part VII] [Part VIII] [Part IX] [Part X] … [Part XV] As I left for work on Friday the builders had just begun to lay the first layer in the sandwich that will …
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