[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 …
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[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 …
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[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 …
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[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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[Part I] [Part II] [Part III] [Part IV] [Part V] … [Part X]… [Part XV] Now that the first course of bricks is down, and the outline of the extension is starting to take shape, it seems like a good …
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[Part I] [Part II] [Part III] [Part IV] [Part V] … [Part X] … [Part XV] With the footings in place, the inside of the extension was dug out to the same level, six courses of bricks below floor level: …
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[Part I] [Part II] [Part III] [Part IV] [Part V] … [Part X] … [Part XV] It took a further day for the trenches for the foundations had been dug out. Running right along the middle of one trench was …
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[Part I] [Part II] [Part III] [Part IV] [Part V] … [Part X] … [Part XV] Until last week my house had a conservatory. It was a half-brick construction, and was one of the main selling points when I bought …
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