Week 8 is now behind us and we are still seeing decent progress on site. The extension monster foundation walls are now fully complete and the hardcore has started to be deposited to raise the levels. It is looking fab. Amazing amount of rock going in there. I also still don't really know how the builder managed to get his digger in and out of the extension area!
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| Digger getting to work ... not sure how he got it in! |
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| Keep the hardcore coming please ... (can you not get arrested for saying that in some countries?) |
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| The great pyramid of Finzean! .. no digger now!! |
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| Almost there with the main bit ... but still the east foundations to do!! |
Inside the main mill building the room structures have made some progress also in the past week. We have had the initial first floor joists starting to go in for one of the kids bedrooms, and the lintel replacements are almost complete.
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| Looking from master bedroom to en-suite and staircase/hallway |
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| First floor joists (looking up at bedroom 3) - this floor will straddle a window |
The old mill front/side doorways are now almost at their finished size, with the original granite being reused to reform external wall and inset. Looking good. Amazing to think that just a couple of months ago there was an old purple door and death trap of a hayloft above these openings! I have included a few before and after pictures so you can see some how these have changed.
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| New East facing window |
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| Old East facing door (dangerous)! |
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| New North facing window |
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| Old North facing door! |
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| North facing aspect ... work in progress |
Did they bury the digger under all that hardcore? They seem to be cracking on, you think you'll be in for summer?
ReplyDeleteSure looks like it!! Build schedule has us complete sometime in December, so doubt we would move until January ... :- )
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