Well, there was Christmas, and then work resumed. The foundations for the new garage were dug, and the based was levelled:
The damp proof membrane was laid out:
Then the concrete was poured down a carefully constructed extended chute:
Then it was levelled:
Then the plain back walls were built:
And the front walls, complete with door and window:
And then the weather had other ideas:
This cold snap delayed things by a couple of weeks, as you can't lay bricks below 2 degrees! But eventually things began to progress again and the walls were upto plate level and the roof trusses were lifted into place:
Meanwhile, lots of things had been happening indoors...
Then the concrete was poured down a carefully constructed extended chute:
Then it was levelled:
Then the plain back walls were built:
And the front walls, complete with door and window:
And then the weather had other ideas:
This cold snap delayed things by a couple of weeks, as you can't lay bricks below 2 degrees! But eventually things began to progress again and the walls were upto plate level and the roof trusses were lifted into place:
