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Outbuildings: Week 27, Day 1

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Outbuildings: Week 27, Day 1

The most visible progress today was the removal of scaffolding from the South- and West-facing elevations of the Garage block; the scaffolding around the rest of the courtyard will be removed in the coming days.

The West-facing elevation of the Garage block, with the scaffolding removed – awaiting the external staircase

The removal of the scaffolding clears the way for work to start on the external staircase up to the first-floor door into the ‘Hay Loft’ (for which the design has now mostly been confirmed) – hence the clearing of the debris over the foundation pad for that – and the stacks of blocks that will form the inner skin of the walls to support the staircase.

Other progress today included:

  • Installation of the foundation concrete for the decorative brickwork ‘buttress’ details on the North of the Garage block
  • Installation of the chipboard flooring inside the ‘Hay Loft’

Outbuildings: Week 7, Day 2

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Outbuildings: Week 7, Day 2

Expansion slots cuts into the floor slabs, to (try to) ensure that any cracking is localised to those locations.

Then the start of work on the drainage inspection chambers and pipe runs, with a delivery of the materials required for those.

In other news, the local council planning team have finally granted approval for the bricks to be used. There was some discussion because the original bricks had weathered very heavily over 100 years or so and hence weren’t representative of what the bricks would have looked like when new – which is what we’re trying to re-create.