Tag Archives: House building

House build, part #7

Posted on September 1, 2024 by Mike

Sorry for the delay in this story ! To cut a long story short the house is finished and we have moved in, but didn’t have internet access for quite a while so I had to leave you all in … Continue reading →

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Episode 6, 100 days and counting

Posted on May 15, 2024 by Mike

Last episode finished with the walls rendered, and the basic shell of the building completed. Since then it has been slow progress for the last two or three weeks. The builder’s workforce has shrunk to just two painters priming the … Continue reading →

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Episode 5, the walls go up!

Posted on April 29, 2024 by Mike

Once the roofing crew had done most of their job, with only the finishing touches to do, the blocklaying gang started. And they started in earnest, with about 10 people on the job on the first day. 4 sections of … Continue reading →

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Episode 4…A roof over our heads.

Posted on March 13, 2024 by Mike

The last part finished with the concrete crew departing, and the roofing guys supposed to start a few days later. As it happened, there was a delay of several days due to them running late on another job. We did … Continue reading →

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Episode 3 of our house build ….rebar, more rebar and then lots of concrete !

Posted on February 20, 2024 by Mike

After the columns had been erected and concreted into place the next job was to connect them together with the ground beams. This was going to be a long slow job as each ground beam had at least 6 pieces … Continue reading →

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Our House Build, Episode #2

Posted on January 17, 2024 by Mike

Well, we are officially under way ! The traditional raising of the first column marked day 1, which is considered the start of the contract even though the builder and his crew have been working on the site for a while. … Continue reading →

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