Update: 14-05-2006

May 14, 2006

Some pictures taken after James has been two weeks on site. The trenches for the foundations have been dug and the concrete was poured. Next to the trenches the blocks have been piled. This is the point in the process where you think “Gosh, it’s way too small. We need to make this a lot bigger!!”… We had that as well. Jamie assured us that everything would be just fine…

As you can see there’s the old concrete mixer. No build site should be without one!

Overview of the foundationsThe van and the digger...Build siteBuilding equipmentChimney and lounge foundations"inside" the foundations it always looks small...Guest room foundationsLounge

Posted by roger | Filed Under Build, House Project 

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