Saturday, 7 March 2015

Another sure sign of Spring.



Yesterday morning a huge orange lorry, complete with crane, arrived up at the barn.

It contained 300 concrete blocks, 200 7cm wide bricks, 3 tonnes of sand, loads of concrete beams with their interlocking blocks, some metal grills for the concrete flooring, and a few other bits and pieces.

Now that temperatures are on the rise, work will start again on the barn. Most of the above will be used to construct 2 bathrooms, a pantry, and a music room/guest bedroom. There might also be a bit left over for a fire pit and some sort of primitive outdoor cooker.

The delivery lorry was wonderful. The lifting crane was radio controlled which meant that the driver could move around and drop the stuff exactly where he/I wanted it. I'd not seen that before.

Right; no excuses, I suppose I'd better get wall building.



20 comments:

Yael said...

Here too when I built a small apartment to my son near my house the lorry came with that radio control (4 years ago), I was amazed too.

Cro Magnon said...

Good isn't it.

Susan Heather said...

You are going to be busy installing that lot. Lady M. will know where to find you for the next few months.

Judith said...

Wow! That's a lot of...stuff! You're going to be busy.

Cro Magnon said...

'years'.

Cro Magnon said...

I do have a man coming in to help.

Frances said...

I was going to ask if you are doing it single handed, but you just answered that question! Do you have a timescale for the finished build?

Cro Magnon said...

Not really. As long as there's a loo and some kind of kitchen before summer, we'll be happy. My son and family should be there then.

Lady Mondegreen's Secret Garden said...

I get the impression you are building yourself a village!

The Weaver of Grass said...

Trowel at the ready then Cro!

Twiggy said...

So you will be missing presumed building for a while then. As I always say, look after your back!
Twiggy

Cro Magnon said...

I wish you'd said that yesterday.... I'm suffering.

Tom Stephenson said...

Looks like you've got about 6 tonnes to shift.

Craig said...

I admire you for doing much of the work yourself. We too experienced the radio controlled delivery - most impressive. I think I want one.

elaine said...

There looks like a lot of backache involved with that little lot - not quite the sign of spring I expected to find.

Anonymous said...

Pictures of progress as you go please.

New World said...

Have you got the septic tank in yet?

Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybe said...

I am in awe of your ambitious plans.

Cro Magnon said...

Yes.... It's huge, with miles of 'soakaway' piping.

New World said...

Ah very good. A good soakaway is a must.

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