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Outbuildings: Week 38, Day 1

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Outbuildings: Week 38, Day 1

The main build team were on site all day sorting out a few of the smaller groundworks tasks:

  • Finishing the installation of the last of the Marshalls GrassGuard blocks around the perimeter of the block-paved parking area
    • There’s around 2/3 of a pack left over but those will be saved for future use
  • Filling in the holes excavated to access the water mains and electrical ducts
  • Clearing a trench around the foul drainage pipe that runs under what-will-be the vehicle access to the parking area, so that can be encased in concrete to maintain its level even with traffic passing relatively closely over the top of it
Completed block-paved parking area with its GrassGuard block perimeter / buffer area which then transitions to topsoil that will grow grass

The right-sized replacement concrete headwall was allegedly due for delivery today but is now said to be coming tomorrow.

Outbuildings: Week 37, Day 4

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Outbuildings: Week 37, Day 4

The floor covering team were back on-site, since they’re happy the self-levelling screed they laid on Monday has dried out enough for further work to proceed. They spent the day tidying up a few areas that weren’t as smooth as they’d like and fitted the ‘coved’ skirting and the capping strip that will cover the top of the vinyl. The weather has turned cold so it’s needing some heating in the Utility Room to make the flooring sheet pliable enough to lay and form up at the edges – ideally it wants to be 18C.

The plumber was back on site too, with the priority for them being the underground mains connections into the new building and removing some redundant underground pipe loops dating back to the House build. While those had been isolated via underground stop taps, it seemed unwise to trust those long-term, so the tee fittings were replaced with straight couplers. There’s just one more loop to remove tomorrow, once the hole dries out a bit more. Then two deep holes that have been open for a few weeks can be filled in.

There was also more progress on the GrassGuard perimeter to the block-paved parking area, which is starting to look much closer to being finished.

Ongoing progress on the Marshalls GrassGuard perimeter around the block-paved area

A larger digger and a dumper truck were also delivered in preparation for the arrival of the replacement concrete headwall, which is due tomorrow.