How to move a ton of cement?
COST SO FAR: WEEK TWO - £3977.00
Cups of builders' tea: 21
Spoonfuls of sugar: 25
Were changing a three-bedroom house into a four-bedroom with an extra bathroom and a big square landing.
Take a quick look around our house - and see our plans. Here's how we got on this week...
The contract was signed this week. There was a big fat insurance document to fill in, some T&Cs to iron out, we paid a small deposit but all round lots of happy faces. Lets see if we feel the same in 6 months time!
The shed saga goes on. If you are planning a shed, take my advice and recruit the help of some friends. A lorry pulled up at the drive, mixed the cement and we had 1 hour to move a ton of it! It was back breaking. Fortunately I was chief tamper so I just waded around in my wellies and told the guys where to pour it. A big pile of bacon sarnis later and it was all done. I'm not sure our friends will be volunteering to help again in a hurry.
On Monday I called in the help of my sisters and we put the shed together. You know those wooden models that kids get that pop out of balsa wood and then you follow a key well imagine a puzzle with about 400 pieces of unidentified wood and youve got the idea. I now know why self-assembly sheds are cheap ours didnt even come with the right instructions. Fortunately we all saw the funny side when we realized a bit had been left out from the bottom and the whole building had to be dismantled and then reassembled. Now its finished Im somewhat regretting my decision to paint it in shades of latte, sploshing on wood paint would have been so much easier than the three coats of gloss paint it has taken to cover it .. www.microtechsciences.com and sent some off for testing at a cost of £25. Im hoping its asbestos cement, which can be removed without a license and wont cost us a fortune to get rid of. The roof plans have also caused a bit of consternation but perhaps more of that next time...
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