Progress on a week by week basis (If anything happens that week)

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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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