Yes!!!! The riggers are dirty and we're completely out of the ground! As planned the concrete was poured on Wednesday this week, albeit with a bit of a delay! MGL Building arrived just after 7am to make sure everything was ready for the slab being poured at 8:30... we received a phone call from Travis to let us know there was an hour delay, 9:30 came and went. It seemed a very long wait with the lorry finally arriving at around 10:30.
It's the first time we have experienced a delay on site, fortunately though it didn't cause too many problems. We still just managed to beat the rain and get everything leveled as we needed. Up until this point building control at Herefordshire Council have done a few inspections to make sure the work carried out meets regulations, but we've got our first visit from the architect overseeing the build this week (he is doing certification for the build). Because we are managing the build ourselves it would have been very difficult to gain an NHBC warranty so we have opted for an Architects Certificate instead. We needed to have this or similar in place for the mortgage. Temporarily the build will be at standstill for a little while, but it will give us a bit of a breather to sort out some things for when the structure is completed and we are in the dry.
Following on from Grand Designs Live, we've received most of our expected samples for flooring through the post from our visit to Grand Designs Live, which will give us something to think about over the next couple of weeks. We aren't yet decided on the flooring! We've also got some information through about a great wall finishing product we intend using in the bathroom from Natural Stone Veneer.
This weekend the kids are down. It's 2 weeks since they were last up and there has been a marked change (last time all they saw was concrete in the foundations and that was it). After Josh playing football, we took a detour on the way home to Swansea to pick up our feature light from http://www.thelightcompany.co.uk/. Although you can order directly The Light Company, Swansea online, we were looking for lights during our stay in Swansea and when we walked past the window it really caught our eye. After looking at it at length, trying to make sure it would fit where we thought, we both decided it would be perfect. We managed to get a really good deal and paid for it there and then, arranging to have it sent up via carrier once it had been packed away. During the week however I got a phone call from the shop to say they were concerned about sending it because it was very delicate. Although I had to go out of the way to pick it up, they refunded the carriage and it showed to me that they really cared that we got our light in top condition.
So there we are, we have a bit of a breather for a few weeks. It's now over to Border Oak for the frame! I can't wait to get more news as things are progressing with our frame and get more info on when they will be onsite!
TTFN, Tim
Concrete slab being leveled and air taken out
It's the first time we have experienced a delay on site, fortunately though it didn't cause too many problems. We still just managed to beat the rain and get everything leveled as we needed. Up until this point building control at Herefordshire Council have done a few inspections to make sure the work carried out meets regulations, but we've got our first visit from the architect overseeing the build this week (he is doing certification for the build). Because we are managing the build ourselves it would have been very difficult to gain an NHBC warranty so we have opted for an Architects Certificate instead. We needed to have this or similar in place for the mortgage. Temporarily the build will be at standstill for a little while, but it will give us a bit of a breather to sort out some things for when the structure is completed and we are in the dry.
Finished concrete slab
Following on from Grand Designs Live, we've received most of our expected samples for flooring through the post from our visit to Grand Designs Live, which will give us something to think about over the next couple of weeks. We aren't yet decided on the flooring! We've also got some information through about a great wall finishing product we intend using in the bathroom from Natural Stone Veneer.
This weekend the kids are down. It's 2 weeks since they were last up and there has been a marked change (last time all they saw was concrete in the foundations and that was it). After Josh playing football, we took a detour on the way home to Swansea to pick up our feature light from http://www.thelightcompany.co.uk/. Although you can order directly The Light Company, Swansea online, we were looking for lights during our stay in Swansea and when we walked past the window it really caught our eye. After looking at it at length, trying to make sure it would fit where we thought, we both decided it would be perfect. We managed to get a really good deal and paid for it there and then, arranging to have it sent up via carrier once it had been packed away. During the week however I got a phone call from the shop to say they were concerned about sending it because it was very delicate. Although I had to go out of the way to pick it up, they refunded the carriage and it showed to me that they really cared that we got our light in top condition.
So there we are, we have a bit of a breather for a few weeks. It's now over to Border Oak for the frame! I can't wait to get more news as things are progressing with our frame and get more info on when they will be onsite!
TTFN, Tim
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