Regular viewers will have observed that our builders are called Kilburn and Johnson Ltd.Carl Johnson has appeared a number of times on this Blog. Richard Kilburn has not. He is a man of mystery - a bit like The Stig. There are few photographs of him. Let us put that right. Here he is on the left, removing stonework below one of the windows to create a 45 degree slope to admit more light to the ground floor.
Following more excavation the footings for the retaining wall and the annex were dug today. The diggers dug and the Building Inspector inspected. One and a half lorry loads of concrete arrived late afternoon and the footings received their first filling. Tomorrow the trenches will receive steel reinforcing mesh and more concrete.
This shot shows the enormity of the excavations and the wheelbarrow relay team taking the concrete from the lorry to the footing trenches. It takes nerve, skill and strength to run with a wheelbarrow full of sloppy concrete.
Within the hour the trenches received 9 cubic meters of concrete. Trenches dug, inspected and concreted in one day. Impressive.
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