We have spent the weekend removing the kitchen units from the bottom end of the kitchen to prepare for Wednesday when Cornerstone Services will be coming to put up a temporary wall and start making electrics safe for the removal of the roof and walls. In order to do this we have setup a temporary …
Tag Archive: Building
Oct
17
Oct
16
All Is Quiet On The Building Front
We do now have builders here today which is a shame as it would have allowed us to catch up a little, but never mind. I am spending the day with Eva and trying to sort out creating a temporary kitchen in the backroom. I need to get the units out of the end of …
Oct
15
Orangery Extension Part 7: Engineering Bricks And Damp Proof
We have had another visit from the building inspector. He checked the work so far and was happy but advised that we would need to do a double damp proof course due to the path raises up towards the garage meaning that the damp proof is actually at ground level at the garage end of …
Oct
14
Orangery Extension Part 6: Finishing The Trench Blocks And Concreting The Sub-floor
Conservatec have made good progress today, the footings are now done apart from some back fill hardcore to be done. The trench blocks are completed all the way round and they have done the concreting for the sub-floor. I was not expecting them to have got to the sub-floor today but it is very good …
Oct
12
Video: First Trench Blocks
A short video of the first trench blocks that have been laid in the footings for the Orangery extension. Given another good day and we will be out of the ground and onto the sub floor and the walls. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6b2lhR6SRY
Oct
11
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Oct
07
Builder Starts Today
I am sat waiting for the builder to arrive to start our Orangery extension. He should be here around 7:30 am. We have had some delays due to building control and the recent changes in the building regulations that came into force on the 1st October 2010. The main aim of these is to improve …
Oct
02
Video: Conservatec Orangery
I found a video today uploaded to YouTube by Conservatec who are doing our Kitchen Orangery Extension. This video shows the design and construction of the orangery roof system. Quite interesting how it all comes together. Ours is a slightly different design to the 3d model and more like the one that is photographed at …
Sep
30
Video: Orangery Extension – Part 1
This video was taken after we had taken the glass out of the conservatory. You will see from the pictures below that we now have it all stacked in the workshop. I am waiting for the rest to come down before I list it for sale on Ebay. Progress thus far is as follows: Removed …
Sep
25
Planning Permission Granted
We are just about to open a bottle of champagne as the planning permission on our extension has formally been granted. We have the letter meaning that we can begin. I have had a very productive meeting with Ian from Conservatec in which we discussed how to move forward. All being well with the building …
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