The Build - Now on notice !
Blimey another month on there is a real sense we are getting there. So much so, we have given notice on our rental. We move in on Friday 30th November regardless!
The main emphasis this month has been installing the treatment plant and drainage system. The treatment plant was initially installed, somewhat optimistically, without any anchors only for it to pop back out of the ground within 24hrs, despite being filled with water and the pit filled with pea shingle. Needless to say the second time round, it was anchored down and the pit filled with a lot more concrete than the first time.
SEPA – [Scotland] had requested a soak away to be installed along with a 20 metre drainage channel 1.2 metre wide, before connecting to a field drain that eventually discharges into a nearby water course. I then had to register my plant with SEPA at a cost of £137.
The local Building Controller arrived on site to test the drains and within 20 minutes or so, both the foul and rainwater systems were passed.
As soon as they had been given the all clear, the landscaper and his team set about back filling the trenches and levelling the site ready for a Hammer Head driveway, boundary hedging and turf across the remaining plot.
Landscaping can be one of those often forgotten costs and to assist others here are my quantities and material prices. I haven't included the cost of the turf as it is still uncertain as to whether or not it will be laid this year or next. That decision will be taken during the week.
Patio mix slabs & single slabs |
2265 |
Setts |
540 |
MOT 3 x 28 tonnes |
448 |
Sand x 6 tonnes |
195 |
Cement x 40 bags |
150 |
Membrane - 60 metres |
150 |
20mm whin stone x 26 tonnes |
650 |
Internally, progress has been frustratingly slow. I had a check of my records and found that the joiner / tiler had only been on site for 11 of the possible past 30 work days!!
That said, we now seem to have a momentum building and the floor tiles have started to be laid. This in turn will allow the kitchen units to be fitted this coming week.
The electrician will have completed the second fix installation by the end of this coming week and the plumber is booked in for the following week to complete his second fix installations.
Once the tiles are down, the joiner will turn his attention to cladding the dormers.
So, over the next 4 weeks the following needs to happen –
Internally – Floor tile to be laid, grouted and sealed. Kitchen, utility room cabinets to be installed. Fitted furniture in the master bedroom to be fitted. Electrician to complete his second fix and to wire up the pump for the treatment plant. All sanitary ware to be installed. Final bits of internal joinery to be completed.
Externally – The gable end stone work to be completed. The dormers to be clad. The porch to be erected. The chimney to be finished off. The landscaping to be completed. Open Reach to connect us to the BT pole outside the plot.
What can possibly go wrong ??
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