June 2007

This month saw the removal of buildings/features from immediately outside the back of the house ready for the full commencement of the works to the main house.










So, this included,

a) Removal of the existing raised patio













b) Removal of the existing brick built outbuilding

























It also included the digging of a number of test foundation holes to agree foundation depths with the local authority. Unfortunately, plans called for 1.2m by the end of the process the Council required 2.4m deep foundations for the proposed extension. This was due to local soil conditions (i.e. clay) and the presence of a number of mature trees.


As you may remember late June early July was a very wet time of the year in 2007, the test foundation hole here is completely filled with surface water which needed to be continually pumped out!


This clearance and post commencement work took the majority of June 2007.