Hannah77 Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 Hey all I have finished the raft slab, underbuild and steel frame. About to start the joinery which is where I suspect I will need to ask questions! I had to get a build over permit from Scottish Water so if anyone has any similar issues with drainage assets within build footprint I can offer some advise or info on how my appeal process went (also a civil and structural engineer which helped!). It took a year but I got approval in the end. Doing all the work myself with the help of family and friends. Some pictures of progress to date. Taken a year to get this far from first breaking ground. A lot of digging, some type 1 compaction, even more rebar tying and a couple of massive concrete pours later! Then 3 days of craziness and a fun using a 12m tellhandler to install the steel frame here I am.... awaiting delivery of timber. Suddenly it all seems real and definitely past the point of no return. The extension includes changes to the exitsing which I have been doing as I go. New stairs into loft and loft conversion. Removed some walls and moved the back door. There will be 3 slappings through the existing gable wall into the extension, one at each level. Can't say I am looking forward to doing those. Looking forward to being part of the community. Cheers Hannah 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 Welcome Hannah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilly Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 Wow exciting! Welcome. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Ambrose Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 Nice, I want to do a steel frame building some time. It's the overgrown Meccano set thing I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannah77 Posted July 31 Author Share Posted July 31 15 minutes ago, Alan Ambrose said: Nice, I want to do a steel frame building some time. It's the overgrown Meccano set thing I think. You totally should. The rest feels easy now. It feels exactly like that. Who deosn't love giant Meccano sets. Manouvering the elements around existing building was a bit stressful! Very rewarding to see my design come to life though. Thankfully all the sizes were correct!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannah77 Posted July 31 Author Share Posted July 31 41 minutes ago, Jilly said: Wow exciting! Welcome. Thanks Jilly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannah77 Posted July 31 Author Share Posted July 31 2 hours ago, jack said: Welcome Hannah! Thanks Jack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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