Day 12: Steel!

Big steel frames start arriving...

Day 11: Framing continues

Rain limited the amount of outdoor work, but there was some progress.

Day 10: Framing up begins

Wooden frames now standing on both sides - so good to see something going up at last.

Most of the time, nothing happens...

Builders made a cameo appearance this week on Tuesday morning to measure up for the steel. Otherwise, we have had peaceful mornings.

Day 9: The big pour, a splendid slab

Two big trucks, lots of blokes, lots of concrete. All happening.

And all done, looking spiffing. A pity our old slab wasn't done with the same degree of expertise as our neighbour's new one, but the idea of wrecking the tiles and underfloor heating to jackhammer it up and put in a new one was too horrible and too expensive to contemplate.

Day 8: The earth moves...

Much soil removed from neighbour's side, as trenches are dug for his foundations, area levelled for the slab, reo put in place ready for another concrete pour tomorrow. Watch this space for a pic of the two back areas side by side.

Day 7: We have foundations...

Concrete has been poured for our foundations, and we get more of an idea of how much floor space we will gain.
Now they wait until our foundations harden, then come back to do the neighbour's side.
Hopefully warm weather will mean his foundations and slab can be done on Friday.

Meanwhile, the neighbour's back wall came down today - more noise and dust. The excavator came in handy as a demolition platform.
But at least it's all happening, and after three early starts my body clock is starting to adapt to the new up-at-6:30 regime and I've stopped wandering around as though jet-lagged.