House and garage!

With 3 gangs of bricklayers on site the walls are rising fast....

With a moo moo here and a moo moo there...

... here a moo there a moo everywhere a moo moo
Yes cows escaped from a local field and walked in through the gates.

The only way is up....

In the last 10 days not much to show visually but tanking and insulation around the subterranean block has been completed. Now today the foundations for the extension have beeen poured, so everything is now going up...

Extension foundations

View from the top of the earth mound

Now at half height

Cotswold stone laid to the garage wall

Shows where the stairs will go down

Long necked concrete pump

Where the link will be built

Digger drivers finished for the day!

All tanked and insulated

The whole extension

Another brick in the wall...

... or another block

Construction commences

Yes today the concrete floor gets poured for the subterranean block which will be 2 bedrooms, bathroom and plant room. 4 lorries of ready mix (40 tons) and a concrete pump.

Reinforced floor

Concrete pump arrives

Overseen by the site managers!

1st lorry load of concrete

3rd lorry load

Getting it level

Finished

Nearly ready for the concrete...

... which arrives tomorrow

Setting out...

... of the subterranean bedroom block... starting to see the floorplan.

Demolition Complete

The last part of the old extension is down... no more knocking down...

View from the top of the pile of earth

Look no wires...

All gone underground and at a cost... that view is literally worth thousands. Notice the big mound of earth and the big hole that it came from... rain stopped play today but will finish leveling the foundations out on Monday.

Down, down deeper and down....