Monday 11th September
Service pipes are laid to "under stairs cupboard"

Monday 11th September
Trenches backfilled & internal floor levelled.

Monday 11th September
DPC almost complete. Site levelled ready for concrete sub-floor on Wednesday.

Tuesday 12th September
Heavy overnight rain, but it does not stop us bedding battens in concrete at the screed level for the sub-floor.

Tuesday 12th September
Meanwhile John finishes laying the waste pipes for the downstairs bathrooms.

Wednesday 13th September
Donald returns with his concrete machine to pour 9½ cubic metres of concrete for our sub-floor (see VIDEO for more info).

Wednesday 13th September
By lunchtime Bennie & Douglas have removed the screed timbers & finished levelling the floor. The weather is fine and hopefully the floor will set before the scaffold arrives tomorrow!

Thursday 14th September
The sub-floor has set hard, and an early start for the scaffolders results in good progress by morning tea break.

Thursday 14th September
By lunchtime we have a scaffold along 3 sides of the building (one left open to allow access for the panels and trusses), and have also taken delivery of 10 m³ of underfloor insulation (a good platform for this photo).

Friday 15th September
The Norscot lorry arrived at 8.00 a.m. and Gavin Ross starts unloading with his JCB teleporter.

Friday 15th September
Unfortunately the JCB breaks down laden with panels in a most inconvenient spot, but Gavin saves the day by fetching his tractor and we complete the unloading, albeit mostly onto our neighbour's ground - many thanks to Pete and Sue (hope you don't mind)!

Friday 15th September
We finally get all the kit safely offloaded, and the scaffolders complete their work so we are ready for the construction to begin on Monday morning.