Category Archives: Foundations

Week 2, Day 1

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Week 2, Day 1:

  • Good weather which is forecast to continue for a week or more – cool overnight but lots of sunshine in the daytime
  • Site visit from the Architect at 08:00, likely to be a weekly event
  • More digging, getting more of the foundations down to the correct level
  • I decided where to locate the two Ground Source Heat Pump pipe trenches and marked out the line of the first one ready for digging
Week 2, Day 1

Week 2, Day 1

Week 1, Day 4

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Day 4:

  • Better weather today – no rain and forecast dry for at least the next week
  • Site visit from the Structural Engineer, to agree what to do about building over the old cellar
    • The plan is to use wooden shuttering to hold the foundation concrete, in lieu of a trench, then back-fill around the concrete
  • More digging of the foundation trenches, to the right depth in relation to the finished floor level
  • Site welfare cabins delivered and installed
End of Day 4

Week 1, Day 4

The site welfare cabins arrived on a pretty impressive delivery lorry with a crane that had no problem reaching right the way back to the trailer and could swing the cabins into position some way away.

Site welfare cabins delivery

Site welfare cabins delivery