Progress on a week by week basis (If anything happens that
week)
Just click on the image to go to the details of that week.

Week 1: 2/Apr/2001
The digger arrives ready for work to start on the footings at
the rear.

Week 2: 9/Apr/2001
The first bricks
arrive.

Week 3: 16/Apr/2001
Building up to floor level.

Week 4: 23/Apr/2001
The first blocks are laid.

Week 5: 30/Apr/2001
Higher and Higher.

Week 6: 7/May/2001
Roof starts to come off.

Week 7: 14/May/2001
Temporary Roof erected over the house.

Week 8: 21/May/2001
Chippy starts on roof.

Week 9: 28/May/2001
Starting on the 1st floor.

Week 10: 4/June/2001
RSJ's arrive.

Week 11: 11/June/2001
More roof structure built.

Week 12: 18/June/2001
Nothing Happened.....Builder on holiday and the chippy was ill

Week 13: 25/June/2001
Chippy was in for a couple of days but we need to move out now.

Week 14: 2/July/2001
Back on track and some serious demolition.

Week 15: 9/July/2001
Starting to take shape internally.

Week 16:
16/July/2001
Dormer now shows its true shape.

Week 17:
23/July/2001
A week off work to do the concrete slab.

Week 18:
30/July/2001
the week the windows started to go in.

Week 19:
6/August/2001
Internally taking shape upstairs.

Week 20:
13/August/2001
Getting ready for plasterer.

Week 21:
20/August/2001
A connection is made.

Week 22:
27/August/2001
A first glimpse of the roof tiles.

Week 23:
3/September/2001
first roof tiles on

Week 24: 10/September/2001
Roof coming together.

Week 25: 17/September/2001
The target to get back in.

Week 26: 24/September/2001
6 months into the project.

Week 27: 1/October/2001
Garage taking shape.

Week 28: 8/October/2001
The Plumber Arrives.

Week 29: 15/October/2001
The Plumber disappears.

Week 30: 22/October/2001
Who needs plumbers anyway.

Week 31: 29/October/2001
Its coming round now.

Week 32: 5/November/2001
Garage roof taking shape.

Week 33: 12/November/2001
Let there be light.

Week 34: 19/November/2001
At last, a sniff of warm water.

Week 35: 26/November/2001
Front porch forming.

Week 36: 3/December/2001

Week 37: 10/December/2001
Garage roof tiled.

Week 38: 17/December/2001
Garage door fitted.

Week 39: 24/December/2001
Laying downstairs under-floor heating pipes.

Week 40: 31/December/2001
Final fixing and pressure testing of heating pipes.

Week 41: 7/January/2002
Floors are screeded.

Week 42: 14/January/2002
Away on holiday skiing while the floor screed dried.

Week 43: 21/January/2002
Porch finished off.

Week 44: 28/January/2002
Thermostats installed and heating switched on.

Week 45: 4/February/2002
Carried on with the itchy Stuff.

Week 46: 11/February/2002
All ready to start plastering/dry lining.

Week 47: 18/February/2002
Ceilings are plastered.

Week 48: 25/February/2002
Walls
started on.

Week 49: 4/March/2002
More walls dry lined.

Week 50: 11/March/2002
Tree down in the high wind.

Week 51: 18/March/2002
Coving arrives ready for downstairs.

Week 52: 25/March/2002
New front door arrived.


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