Ground-floor pipework: water in – waste out
Around about this time, we needed to think about the plumbing lines – water in, and waste water out. In our build, this was further complicated by splitting the grey…
Termites
They live in colonies of…millions. They love to eat wood. Your building’s wood. Your wood. They are everywhere. You will never eradicate termites. It’s a sort of never-ending game where,…
Chairs
Had a couple of questions about chairs. As in…’’what are they?!’’ No…it’s not the type we recline on at the end of the day, when the house is long finished…
First floor column shuttering and pouring
Once the ring beam ‘foundations’ were finished it was time to turn to the uprights – those RC columns that would hold up the first floor (and the rest of…
Striking the ring beam shutter
So, after the shutters were placed, the concrete poured and then left to harden, the next stage was removing those shutters. It is crucial to leave the shutters on while…
Managing a project remotely
First of all…. if you can avoid this…do so! Trying to oversee the build without actually going to site can let smaller issues go unresolved. You do not develop the…
How we are paying for TD Towers
Of course, when you set out to construct anything, anywhere…sooner or later you have to think about money. The finances. How it’s all going to be paid for. You may…
The equipment we use to produce this blog
Not everyone realises the time and effort, plus the equipment requirement needed, to produce blog content! We have had a few requests to know what cameras, software, etc. we use…
Plinth beam Shuttering and casting
Once all the connecting rebar was placed between the columns it was time to start concreting the connecting beams. Shuttering Wooden formers were placed under and at each side of…
Placing the plinth beam rebar
Next job was to prepare the beam that would connect all those concreted piles together. As most of you know, all the strength in the type of build we are…