This week was all about getting the two structural openings done while the clients were away for the week.  We had two openings to do; one which will extend the dining room, the other will extend the kitchen.  By doing these two openings we are virtually taking out the entire length of the rear ground floor back wall. 

The early part of the week involved taking out the old patio and utility door along with the kitchen windows.  We then acro propped the internal joists and then acro propped the external brick work with additional strong boys.  The next job was to break out all the brick and bock work.  On Thursday we had two brickies on site to build up the internal piers and pad stones ready for the steels.  Friday was the day the four out of the five steels went in.  The two steels in the dining room went in nice and easy, but the two steels for the kitchen which measured nearly six metres in length took a bit more organisation and forward thinking.  We took our time and finally got them into position with a big sigh of relief.  When the clients returned they were pleased with our progress and had their first opportunity to see the new size of their new kitchen area.  One more steel to go in, and then we get can start putting everything back together.