Solid as a rock

  

Floor screed is poured and all pipe work is covered. Here's hoping everything is in the right place!

Heat it up!

Yep....ground floor heating loops are down and will be covered with screed by close of play today.

Upstairs is already in!

Yep...Emma the reptile like human will love it, I am sure her dog will too.

Flying High

The first floor roof deck is now finished, just waiting for insulation and waterproofing. The electric skylight is on site ready to fit too.



From the front this time!  Garage roof on the left, Skylight and the back garden in the distance.

Further on up the road

Starting to stand out from the crowd!

I'm Happy.....like a room without a roof

Just exterior walls on the first floor but it gives you an idea of what it will be like!

Looking back from the rear roof at the floating corner over the bedroom window.

Albatross

My best friend (after my wife!) bought me a drone....here is the results of the second flight!
  

What you don't see is me fishing it out of the trees every 2 seconds! The video's might make you travel sick! ;-)

WARNING! Mute the sound before playing the video!

A Different Corner

View through the front door from the driveway.....right through to the garden.

  

....and the double aspect corner window from the main bedroom.

Yep, that means the first floor is going in.

Raise the Roof

    

All the right (moves) curves in all the right places

Steel Frame of Mind

The frame is slow going but is starting to show the dimensions.
     

Under The Boardwalk

Not much fun, certainly no sun, but these builders keep going through the rain. So it's as wet as being down by the sea.

  

It really is taking shape now though. Big steel ring beam outlines the upstairs and the back curved windows will be amazing.

Holiday!

Just got back from a weeks vacation.....there's been some changes!

The Dance Floor....

....is down!  This is where we will party!

Steal Away

 Some steels are in and pointing skywards.

Other monster steels are lying around waiting for walls to sit on.

Silver dream machine

Not quite, all you 'Essex' fans, it's the garage pit.
    Ready for my next bucket list project, a car.

Let's hope there's budget left. Please Mrs B!  :-)

Here comes the rain again.....

.....fortunately the drainage is all in with a little finishing off to do.

   

     Pipes, pumps, action!

Foot(ing) Loose

  
They have finally been poured.  Now we can start going upwards!

Filling a hole

   
We're finally pouring the footings!  Is this the end of  the money pit?

Going Underground

Some of the footings are 2.5 metres deep.
Given we've already dug down half a metre or more that's pushing 4 metres underground!
    
The guys from Cosgrove even needed to double up the ladder to get out of one corner!