More groundworks in the Courtyard, this time with a focus on the ‘land drains’ nearer the house – including digging down to Courtyard level at the South-West corner.
Then also progress on the Brickwork and Blockwork for the External Staircase, for which the reconstituted stone steps are in the process of being wet-cast.
The scaffolders returned this morning to remove the boards and poles dismantled by the builders yesterday, so now the inside of the Courtyard is free of scaffolding, ready for the installation of the windows and doors in the coming days. (The scaffolding is being retained around the ‘outside’ of the building, to preserve access to fit the ridge tiles – for which the dry-fix ridge tile retaining product choice was finally confirmed mid-afternoon).
More of the rainwater downpipes were installed – as well as the blue engineering bricks (below DPC) for the external staircase and buttresses.
The electrical installation team were also back on-site for the first time in a few days, to continue work in the Garages.