Category: Roofing
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The New Shed
We have a block of sheds that, apart from being hideous, are quite dilapidated. Although they’re water-tight, the roof isnt high enough, the walls are cracked and crumbling and they arent particularly secure (tools are constantly being “liberated” by night-visitors!) So we thought it was about time to address that. The only problem was that…
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The Laundry Conversion (Part 1)
Day 1, master builder Freddy going over the plan with his labour End of day 1, foundations dug and laid Day 2, up to floor level Day 3, slab preparation and keying for doorway Day 4, full swing getting to roof level and floor slab Day 5, floor screed and truss extensions fitted. Roof level…
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Our New Garage
Mad skills offloading 10,000 bricks over the wall (and underneath the power lines) because the truck couldn’t get in the gate Building day one, demolish old car port End of day one, digging foundations Two weeks after starting Three weeks after starting Four weeks after starting Six weeks after starting, building complete. Painting took almost…
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The Veranda
Since we had the first rain at our new house, we realized we were going to need a veranda to cover the slab which had been really badly built! It drained water back towards the house and was generally unpleasant in the wet weather. Also we couldnt leave furniture outside which is my favourite place to…
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Roofing at last!
After a long and pretty stressful weekend of budget recalculation, quotation from third party contractors and supporting research, we negotiated with the current contractor on the price of the additional works (being the construction of trusses which was an unknown before the old roofing structure was exposed) Pretty frustrating being bent over a barrel – even…