We have cleared the land and dug the footings and foundations for the new extension. The intention is that these will be concreted on Saturday morning.
There is a lot of work that has gone into this and the spoil heap is looking quite impressive. Fortunately, we are going to spread this onto the back field to bring the soil level up. This will help with the ground loops for the ground source heat pump as the ground loops need to be 1m under the surface. In some places, we might have struggled to reach this depth. Increasing the ground level is only going to help.
Foundations and footings now dug. We have accumulated a lot of subsoil and topsoil in the process.
Everyday this area looks different. I daresay that it will look different again once the concrete has been laid. This is due to happen on Saturday.
The footings are going to be concreted on Saturday morning. Tomorrow we need to cut the steel mesh that goes into the base of the trenches to reinforce the concrete.
It looks very different once the footings are dug. The deep trenches mark on where the internal walls will go.