We started the week nice and easy by having a day off. Dane was on airport collection duty, while I was at home awaiting two deliveries which could arrive at any time during the day. On Tuesday we were back to work and our first job was to put in the last steel measuring nearly
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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
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We weren’t exactly working up a sweat this week by any means; we were saving ourselves for the big week next week when the steels go in. This week was about just ticking the job over, doing little bits and pieces to try and keep ourselves ahead. The week consisted of finishing off a few
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Our first job of the week was to remove the garage door and tooth out the brick work ready for Richard the brickie on Tuesday. In the afternoon we took down the double plaster boarded garage ceiling so Dean the electrician could access his cabling later in the week. Never a pretty site taking down
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After our first week off in the year it was back to continue with our latest extension in Alconbury near Huntingdon. That was after I had to sit through Danes holiday photos, which weren’t too bad, but the ‘budgie smuggling look’ is not a good one! But getting back to more serious things, our first
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It was a nice easy three day week for us this week as we finally got round to taking some well deserved holiday time off. On Monday while I and Dane ran in all the roof trusses and the strapping, one of Richard’s brickies was on site to build up and finish off the two
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Monday was another day of paper work at home as the van was in the garage having a few niggles put right. After picking the van up on Tuesday morning Dane and I spent the day doing a few runs in the van picking up scaffold boards and trestles and getting them to site so
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It was quiet week for Dane and me. On the Monday we put in the block and beam floor at Alconbury, so everything was ready for Richard the brickie to start putting up the brick and block walls on the Wednesday. On Tuesday we went to finish off a few snagging points from a previous
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On Monday we decided to shutter the footings as there was a strong chance of rain and we didn’t want the footing walls to collapse in on themselves. We pulled the last length of the trench to finish things off, but things weren’t going to plan. We kept digging down but we soon started to
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Monday was another bank holiday, so on the Tuesday and the Wednesday Dane and I went about getting the new site set up. This involved travelling about moving tools and materials, organizing the toilet hire, digger and dumper delivery, contacting Building Control, organizing material prices and deliveries and putting together a proposed work schedule for
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