Day 31 - Dig Deep

The underpinning has been started. They have had to dig deep holes, which are slightly under the existing house, these have steel rods in them and will be filled with concrete to create the supports.

We can now get an idea of how deep the garage is going to be.

More digging means more grab loader lorries to take the earth away. Luckly the weather has been on our side. Hopefully we will be out of the ground in a couple of weeks and then there should be less mess.

Day 25 - The Great Wall Of...

The walls have finally started to go up at the back of the house. You can see the space for the french doors at the far corner, the window in the middle will be part of the rear living room together with the french doors to the right.

The walls are not going to get much higher until we have sorted out the underpinning at the side.

Day 22 - Laying the Foundation Blocks

Its so nice to see some brick/block work going up. The builder reckons that the brickwork will go up quickly.

The french doors are for the back living room which will now be the kitchen and will extend to the end of the next extension. To the left of the kitchen (if looking from the back garden) will be the main living room.

Day 18 - To The Trenches

The trunch for the foundations for the rear extension have been dug. We can now see where the extension is going to go up to and how much garden space we will have.

Things seem to be coming along now.

I am a bit concerned about the difference in levels between the patio area next to the house and the rest of the garden. We have decided to have very wide steps on the right, that way it will appear like a more gentle slope rather then a high wall.

Not sure what sort of retaining wall we will be using. Will see what our budget allows closer to the time.

Hopefully we will be laying some bricks soon...

Day 14 - Bye Bye Goldfish

The builders have been laying the sewer pipe down the side of the house and they have had to dig up most of the front garden which has meant getting rid of the pond.

We discovered 4 fairly large goldfish in the pond which we managed to save and have now moved to the builders large fish tank at home.

The extra digging meant more lorry loads of earth removal. The builder will be connecting the new piping to the existing sewer once it has been inspected by the Building Regs inspector.

We will be filling the front garden later. At the moment the place looks a mess.

Day 10 - The Earth Moved

...and boy was their a lot of it. We are having lorry load after lorry load of earth taken away. It seems never ending.

The builders have made a start on re-routing the sewer pipe. Its going to run down the left hand side of the house and then accross the front garden which means more digging.