Outbuildings: Week 30, Day 3

Outbuildings: Week 30, Day 3

No further work on the Courtyard today; that’s waiting for the rainwater harvesting tank which is due for delivery tomorrow. Good progress with the External Staircase, which needs the reconstituted stone steps before being taken further (and those are still being made).

The masonry for the external staircase completed as much as it can be until the reconstituted stone steps are available

The groundworks team swapped to working on the parking area to the North of the Garages, in preparation for that being block-paved.

Starting to bring the level of the parking area up with compacted crushed stone

The (surprisingly heavy) two-leaf ‘barn’ door was also installed into the frame that had been fitted the other day. That just leaves the Garage Door roller shutters, which are roughly a couple of weeks away.

Outbuildings: Week 30, Day 2

Outbuildings: Week 30, Day 2

More progress on the land-drains in the Courtyard, with those on the South side now completed and those on the North side waiting for the hole to be dug for the rainwater harvesting tank. The land drains will pass on each side of the tank and will drain the pea-gravel bedding for the tank, preventing the water table from rising high enough to ‘float’ the tank out of the ground.

Also further progress on the masonry for the external staircase, making good use of the decent weather..