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Custom Build Bungalow at Arodes
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Click here for Jan 12 - to date The Latest Click here for Sep 11 - Dec 11 Click here for Sep 10 - Aug 11 Click here for Dec 09 - Jul 10 This page = Nov - Dec 07Click here for Oct 06 - Aug 07 The Start
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2 November 2007 The steel work has been formed for the reinforcing of the base. This is now ready for the concrete which will be poured within the next few days.
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2 November 2007 Close up of the steel reinforcement.
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2 November 2007 Another close-up showing a waste pipe within the steel work. The concrete of this base will be half a metre (20 inches) thick.
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5 November 2007 Concrete crane/pump in position with first concrete lorry ready to pour concrete into the basement floor slab.
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5 November 2007 3 man operation. 1 directing the pouring, 1 controlling the crane/pump, and 1 dispensing the concrete into the crane/pump from the concrete lorry. The bloke looking on thinks he's the foreman but they don't seem to take any notice of him. I have this operation captured on video and will put a short sequence on the website as soon as able
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5 November 2007 After 1 lorry load. Click HERE for short video
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5 November 2007 After 3 loads. It took 5 and 1 quarter loads to complete.
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12 November 2007 Base drying out
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22 November 2007 Installing the shuttering for the pillars and basement walls. When the outside shuttering is complete, the steelwork will be extended and then shuttering installed on the inside. Concrete will then be poured between the shuttering.
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22 November 2007 Another angle. It's a clear day, you can see the sea in the distance
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24 November 2007 Steel work for the walls and pillars extended.
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30 November 2007 The inside shuttering for the walls is nearly complete
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30 November 2007
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30 November 2007 The concrete is scheduled to arrive next Monday 3rd December. This will be poured between the shuttering on all 4 walls plus the pillars.
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8 December 2007 Oh dear! It hasn't stopped raining since the day the concrete was due. Has also caused some of the shuttering supports to collapse.
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