First - apologies to those of you who have contacted me to say......where is week 2!!!!!!
Well, here it is.........
Quite an uneventful week as it happens -well, in comparison to last week that is! The phrase "it always looks better once it comes out of the ground" was used as lot this week - and do you know....they are right. Once the blocks and bricks appear then it takes on a whole new character. The other interesting thing is that the footprint, once outlined by the blocks, ALWAYS looks smaller that the finished job - never really understood that one?!?!?!
Building inspector continues to appear happy after each visit - Idon`t talk to him (I let Dan do that) but as I sit watching them, through the dining room window while I`m working on the PC, I`m reminded of scenes from that very funny Eric Sukes film "The Plank" much gesticulating, pointing and head scratching and no audible conversation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyU6SonN6mc
The promised wet weather has also kept away which is brilliant - mind you as I`m writing this, the skies have taken on that look of old weathered church roof lead - so lets not get too confident!!
As ever with any build much discussion has been of creating features that don`t appear anywhere on the plans!! - "can we have that window there now"........ "how about putting some stone on that bit rather than brick"....... "lets make that opening a little wider" .....did I really ask for that?
Many more of those conversations to come I suspect....
So, foundations in, DPC membrane laid, first stage of sub floor on and set, three courses of brick laid - we`re all happy!!!!!
Speak to you all next week with more news of progress
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