The site diary
What actually happens on a build, written up by the site managers while it happens. Costs, weeks, what went wrong and what we did about it.
Wetherby Road · week 4 of 11
The day the back wall comes out
Week four of a rear extension is the one everybody dreads. Here is what actually happens between the props going in on Monday and the dust sheets coming up on Friday.
· 5 min read
Coleby · weeks 1 to 9
A loft conversion, week by week
Nine weeks from the scaffold going up to the last coat of paint. What happens when, what you will notice downstairs, and the one day the house gets dusty.
· 6 min read
Old Foundry cottages · week 2 of 6
Lime or cement: knowing which wall you have
Repoint a soft old wall in hard cement and you move the damage into the brick. Here is how to tell what you are working with, and why we mix lime for anything built before the war.
· 4 min read
Radford Mill · week 1 of 2
What a structural opening actually costs
Knocking two rooms into one is rarely the beam that costs the money. It is the temporary support, the padstones, and the making good nobody quotes for.
· 4 min read