This week the drainage is being put in. Not the sexy bit of the build and not a nice job in the snow but the Trell boys are getting stuck into it, all credit to them.
As we are in the middle of the country side we have a septic tank, which was used for the old property that we demolished. We commissioned a local firm of experts to do the drainage design and also provide an expert opinion that the septic tank was large enough for the new house and still in good working order as building control seemed to be saying we needed to replace it for a new dwelling (Not something we wanted or needed to do). So Trell are joining the foul drainage into the existing septic tank and also routing the storm water round to a 15m squared soak away filled with Aquasole units.
The 2nd fix carpentry items have also arrived this week from Potton so have have stairs, door linings, skirting and doors....well they are all pilled up in various rooms of the house. As there is no heating we have made sure that they are off the ground and well supported on bearers to stop the wood absorbing too much moisture and warping. The doors we have varnished as best we can in the sub zero temperatures!
The day after the delivery and we now have stairs assembled and a front door on.
We made the mistake of using 15mm plasterboard on the internal walls instead of 12.5mm so the door linings that Potton sent are not big enough, opps. Luckily there were some shortages so Potton agreed to re-deliver but with slightly larger ones.
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