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Post by Jack ( Yorkshire) on Aug 23, 2006 1:09:58 GMT -5
Hi All, We finaly got started to clear the site Down comes the utility room  Monday All down  Tuesday troubles. as we clearedthe garage concrete floor we found another concrete floor to to be removed Then we found a old obsolete gas pipe which I thought was a water pipe cut through it to check and it was a live gas line , hour later the gas people come to do the repair "Oh I only work on Plastic" Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr 1 Hour later 3 men come "Oh we will fix the leak but cant cut off this 2nd supply" !!!!!!!!!!!! Grrrrrrrr We finaly managed to talk them into doing the job we dig it out you cap it !! and I have lost 2 hours work (out of the Digger and 20 ton skip lorry)!! just because the gas board didnt cut this line of when they put in the new plastic pipe 15 yrs ago!! So we continue Thanks for looking and remembering us in your prayers a testing time for all the family. Never mind "Problems were made to be solved" the challenge of life. Jack Yorkshire UK |
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Post by carpqueen on Aug 23, 2006 8:37:29 GMT -5
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh, I remember those times well! We lived in that condition for 17 long months. Every day is a new experience and you never know what you will find (we were hoping to find buried treasure...but didn't). But it is worth it in the long run!
Stay patient!
CQ
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Post by stefan on Aug 23, 2006 11:46:41 GMT -5
Be thankful your not in the states- THey would have closed you down over some Enviromental impact study into the removal of ironoxide piping and calcium carbonate garbo mixture
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Post by Cher on Aug 23, 2006 16:07:31 GMT -5
Wow Jack, that looks like quite a job you're doing there. Hope the rest of it goes well for you. What is it you are building again?
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Post by parfive on Aug 23, 2006 16:56:59 GMT -5
Look on the bright side, Jack - the house is still intact.
Rich
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Post by BAZ on Aug 23, 2006 23:15:28 GMT -5
Jack, Best wishes with the demo. Hopefully The Ministry of Administration and The Bureau of Bureaucracy don't get in the way too much!  As a former builder here in the U.S. I don't envy you for having to deal with government agencies and utility companies. Sounds like just as much hassle in the U.K.  As we used to say... "They ought to make getting on welfare as hard as it is to get a building permit." |
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Post by Jack ( Yorkshire) on Aug 24, 2006 1:46:37 GMT -5
Hi All
Thanks for you comments We are building a garage & utility rom on to the house with a bedroom above and a workshop behind
Yes we progress through the red tape
We also found a 4" water main going across the site at the bottom of the foundation trench ( we just buried it again and hope the building inspector dosent ask about the little bump !!!!!
Yours
Jack
Yorkshire UK
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Post by Jack ( Yorkshire) on Oct 18, 2006 4:04:44 GMT -5
Hi All Ive Been Busy also My Son stood in the foundations  Bricked up to DPC level  Laying the concrete for the" floating floors"  Brick work going up  Just about Lintel level  Thanks for looking Jack Yorkshire UK |
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Post by rockyraccoon on Oct 18, 2006 9:03:20 GMT -5
jack it is looking good and i bet you will be glad for them to get through so you can set up your workshop.
kim
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Post by stefan on Oct 18, 2006 9:50:34 GMT -5
Thanks for the update!! Man I love watch masons work- I often thought I should have become a mason
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Post by Jack ( Yorkshire) on Oct 20, 2006 13:09:15 GMT -5
hi Rocky racoon & Stephan,
Thanks for looking Yes I WILL be pleased to get into the little workshop.
I havent much time to watch the workmen as Im labouring as well as paying the bills !!!
We are 1/2 way up to gable end waiting for the final scaffold raise at the moment comming Monday (Hope)
Jack
Yorkshire UK
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Post by Jack ( Yorkshire) on Oct 20, 2006 13:22:25 GMT -5
Hi All I am a bit behind but progress has been steady and weeks have flown by 2 of the builders lifted in this beam 15 ft 10 inches long!!  This is the relief tiles over the doorways and window at the front (Matching the original house)  Wood for the Joists for the floor has arrived!!  Thanks for looking and all your comments Jack Yorkshire UK |
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Post by rockyraccoon on Oct 21, 2006 3:36:44 GMT -5
jack do you get the garage space too? who gets the upstairs?
y'all are really making progress now!
kim
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Post by Jack ( Yorkshire) on Oct 22, 2006 3:43:38 GMT -5
Hi Rockyraccoon
I suppose I might get the garage for a while BUT I have 2 teenage daughters growing up (1 17 this November) and we are a bit tight for parking space as regards upstairs its a bedroom
As it is a dormer bungalow the upstairs is built into the roof and at the sides it starts a 2 ft so we only have the center area at full hight the sides are good for wardrobe/cupboards storage which we are desprately short of
Thanks for looking
jack
Yorkshire UK
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Post by Jack ( Yorkshire) on Oct 28, 2006 3:06:56 GMT -5
Hi All Well I wish the roof was on as it has rained and blown this last week The Gable end 1/2 way up  Floor joist all set in Plumbing comming on OK  Three beams to hold the roof together  Please not the stepping stones to the front door My wife is finding the "Living on a building site " experiance rather trying. And so to another week Thanks for all your comments and replies. Jack Yorkshire UK |
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Post by Tweetiepy on Oct 28, 2006 18:34:09 GMT -5
Looking good! I bet you can't wait for it to be finished.... I feel for you...
best of luck & hope the weather holds nice for you
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Post by Jack ( Yorkshire) on Nov 6, 2006 3:07:41 GMT -5
Hi ALL. Well it should be "Beams up for the roof" realy!! and wood for the roof .  We hope to get started on the roofing timbers today (in 5 Mins time  this will be good so we can get a roof on and the rain and wet weather OUT Thanks for looking and you comment on UK buildings !!!!!!!!!!!!! The day before we got a Frost I took this Photo of a hanging basket  Have a good day, Jack Yorkshire UK |
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Post by thewiz on Nov 6, 2006 20:36:02 GMT -5
thats alot of steel! we use all wood here in the states. looking good and strong!
keep the pics coming
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Post by connrock on Nov 7, 2006 19:44:51 GMT -5
Holy Cow Jack that's quite a project you have going there!!
Did you hit the British Lotto??
connrock
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Post by Jack ( Yorkshire) on Nov 8, 2006 1:48:31 GMT -5
Hi Conrock,
I keep hoping to win the Lottery BUT as my wife says "you first have to enter " and as I have no luck in raffles I just dont bother , any way the odds are about 60,000,000 to 1 !! so I dont have much chance.
The wiz
Yes the steel holds the extention together the top two ar the celing hight abd the botom one is where the roof brakes so there has to be a beam to hold the roof which will be clay tiles
Thanks for your comments
Jack
Yorkshire UK
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