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Construction in Cornwall

A blog by Grosey in General

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The ups and downs of a newlywed couple in Cornwall attempting their first self build, with close to no experience!

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We’ve moved in!!!

Woke up this morning in our new home! Now sat on the sofa watching tv in my new home, waiting for a full day of rugby TV to start so I can sit and sip cold beers in my new home!   Can you tell I’m pleased?!   Facts and Figures    1 year, 1 month, 14 days (Breaking Ground to Moving in)   4 Double Bedrooms 3 Ensuite 1 Family Bathroom 1 WC Open plan lounge kitchen diner Utility Room Double Garage Workshop    
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1 year Progress Photos

Haven’t really kept this blog going as I’ve been flat out working on things myself, was much easier to blog when the builder was doing all the work! We passed a year since we broke ground on 27th September and should be in well before Christmas so I’m very happy with progress.    Kitchen being fitted on 16th Oct and then a few days of joinery work. Then gloss like mad and we should be somewhere close to moving in. Can’t wait!    

I have erected Cecil...

Rendering and all cladding completed.  Couple coats of paint on the render and we'll probably give it another towards the end of the summer when we hopefully finish the build.    Also Cecil the Lion is in place, this stone lion head is on every house that my family (my Grandad, Dad and now me) has self built, 4 in this town currently, 3 of which are still owned by the family.  The story of how this tradition began is a little lacking in detail, but I did enjoy placing it 50+ years afte

It's Dry, and wet!

Finally got watertight after much fighting with Velfac doors, wrestled with insulation, polythene, underfloor heating, shuttering for liquid screed, access for 3x concrete trucks. Anyway the pumped screed was finally completed today and this has always been a major milestone in my mind. It also happened to coincide with the day the scaffold came down which has put today up there with the best days of the build so far for me.    Sitting back with a brew now enjoying the moment after hav

It's nearly dry!

So I'm still here, plugging away. Apparently I have a roof that is constantly underestimated in terms of the amount of work required. Both chippies and roofers took weeks longer than expected. Still, all part of the fun!   Since my last update the cut roof elements were completed, dormers etc. Tiling was completed this Monday. I've insulated the loft. Marley Cedral cladding has begun in the past couple days.    Next steps are for fibreglass flat roof to  hopefully be complete
  • Grosey

It's going up!

Just a few new photos of current progress. Tanking was completed and polished concrete slab finished at 2am on a Friday night a few weeks ago. Which meant standard house construction could finally begin. Things have progressed well with no major snags at this stage, up to first floor level now ready for block and beams delivery on Monday. The Steels that arrived were a fair bit more substantial than we were expecting. Lots of fiddly work at this stage but after the 1st floor is in place I'm hopi
  • Grosey

It's beginning to look proper

Finally starting to feel like I'm building a house! Steel reinforcing for the retaining wall has been put in, concrete in, first Building Control inspection and first warranty inspection all passed.    Builders lockup is now on site, I'll be taking my caravan down tomorrow so we can have bacon and brew facilities.    Feels nice ice for the property to be moving upwards in direction after so long going down in the ground!   If the concrete is in am I finally out of t
  • Grosey

It's Alive!

So, work has finally started! After initially thinking I had purchased a fully excavated site, 2 days and 700 tonnes later, I understand why everybody says ground works are the worst part! That is of course except for the opportunity for me to spend 2 days having a great time driving a 9 tonne dumper. ?   Slightly hairy moment when I bumped a tree, showered myself in apples, lost the use of the brakes... Spotted an apple had wedged itself under the brake pedal as I was rolling downhill
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