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Mattty

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I like a few others from the dark side havent posted much for a good while, but as there seems to be a change in attitude recently, mainly due to some excellent Mod'ing by leoN, i thought i'd bore you all with some building work.

Ok, not much woodwork (yet), but maybe of interest to some-

For the next 8 weeks i'm building a detached garage with a home office, followed by a variety of home improvements for the same client.

Week1-
We started by clearing some of the small bushes and a small tree from the site (full pp).
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Next, came setting out and pulling the foundations. This was slightly more awkward than usual due to the odd shape of the building.
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The trenches were 1200 deep x 600 wide. This one was stepped as there was a noticeable change in ground conditions.

All dug and passed by the inspector, time to concrete
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The following day was spent getting footing blocks to just below ground level
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Next day we back filled all the trenches and stoned up the bases
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We also took delivery of most of the bricks and blocks we'll be using for the job. Fortunately for us these ones came pre aged..
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The blockwork got started too-
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I'll post some more if anyone is interested. If not i'll get back in my box :lol:
 
Update-
Ok Monday, we got a fair bit more masonry done, and the concrete for both floors done.

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The troweling up of the concrete was made very easy by use of a 5m Easy float-
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The concrete was hard enough today to work off, so more block and brickwork-
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Another couple of days and we'll be ready for scaffold.
 

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