The wet weather has really affected us this week. Although you can build blockwork in the rain (it doesn’t matter if the sand and cement was down the front of the blocks), the same is not true for stone work. Even with blockwork, if it gets too wet the sand and cement starts to slump and the blocks move.
It is Wednesday and we haven’t been able to do much work outside – despite trying! But sometimes it is just better to give in to the weather.
The steel has arrived for the spans above the bi-folding doors. These are going to be manhandled into position and we won’t be doing that until the mud subsides.
Much of the ashlar stone surrounds are now on site. These are for the cills, heads and sides (called jambs) of the doors and windows. Every door and window has a number on the architects plans. These are marked up on the ends of each piece of ashlar.
Parts of the site are now very wet and muddy. This makes getting around difficult unless you have a 4×4. More wet weather is forecast this week. Ho hum.
Although the weather has been wet, we have been able to get some stone work up. Because the stones are large, each course really makes a difference. You can see one of the ashlar window cills has been installed.
The steelwork that will bridge the across the bi-folding doors has arrived. Later this week, it will be manhandled into place.
All of these bits of ashlar are for the door and window surrounds. There is a lot of it!
These pieces of ashlar are for the heads, cills and sides (jambs) of the windows in the extension. As the stone work goes up on the outside of the extension, these surrounds are built in.
Each piece of ashlar is marked up according to whether it is for a door or window. These two peices are for the head and cill for window 43.