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Week 7, Day 5

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Week 7, Day 5:

  • Still more progress cutting and fitting the blocks for the ground floor
    • The south-east corner (nearest the camera) is missing two concrete beams which for some reason were not included in the original delivery, but apart from that section the floor is now complete
    • The missing beams are due for delivery on Monday (Week 8, Day 1)
  • Installation of the remaining sections of oversite concrete, for the Utility Room and the Shower Room
  • Lots of deliveries:
    • Another load of concrete blocks, for the walls above the ground floor
    • The wooden floor joists and boards for the first and second floors, stacked out of sight on the floor of the old cow shed – these were supplied by Harlow Timber Systems
Week 7, Day 5

Week 7, Day 5

That’s me (dMb) again, in the hi-vis rain jacket near the middle of the frame.

Beam and block floor under kitchen - darker blocks are 3.6N and paler ones are 7.3N

Beam and block floor under kitchen – darker blocks are 3.6N and paler ones are 7.3N, required where the walls continue through the floor

Week 7, Day 4

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Week 7, Day 4:

  • More progress with the beam-and-block floor, adding blocks to fill the gaps between the beams, cutting as necessary
  • Installation of the 3 courses of blue engineering bricks immediately below the damp-proof-course on the outer skin of the cavity wall
    • Except for in the areas beneath the sliding glass doors, since those need to be fixed to wooden frames which in turn need to be fixed to the blockwork below and the blocks provide a much better fixing than the engineering bricks
  • Completion of the below-floor drainage
Week 7, Day 4

Week 7, Day 4

Three courses of "blue" engineering bricks immediately below DPC on the outer cavity wall

Three courses of blue engineering bricks immediately below DPC