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Groundwork & Slab

The boundary wall - 7 October 2015

The retaining wall - 25 September 2015

The plant room slab - 24 September 2015

The second Great Wall of Coverack - 20 September 2015

Looking up-site - 24 September 2015

Looking up-site - 24 September 2015

Starting the trench block boundary wall - 23 September 2015

Boundary wall footings - 20 September 2015

Pouring footings concrete - 16 September 2015

Concrete for boundary wall footings - 16 September 2015

Boundary wall footings - 16 September 2015

Trench for Boundary Wall - 15 September 2015

The retaining wall almost complete - 4 September 2015

Dollyblocks go down of the lower slabs

Blue sky in August - 31 August 2015

Now that's a soakaway - 18 August 2015

The garage slab - 18 August 2015

Above the retaining wall - 6 August 2015

The garage beam & block slab under construction

Beams and blocks in the 'bridge' area - 5 August 2015

The front of the garage - 31 July 2015

Garage footing trench blockwork - 31 July 2015

A nice view of the beach; spoiled - 2 August 2015

Garage trench blocks - 2 August 2015

Upper level trench blockwork - 31 July 2015

Upper level footings, concrete poured - 23 July 2015

The front upper level beam - 23 July 2015

Socket for beam - 22 July 2015

Socket for beam - 22 July 2015

Steelwork for one of the upper level beams - 22 July 2015

Shuttering in place for upper level beams - 22 July 2015

Steel & concrete beams for upper footongs - 22 July 2015

Starting the upper levels footing trenches - 19 July 2015

Sockets in retaining wall - 19 July 2015

Sockets in retaining wall - 19 July 2015

Backfill of retaining wall progresses - 10 July 2015

Drains are in position in the slabs - 8 July 2015

Backfilling the partially-tanked retaining wall - 8 July 2015

The back of the retaining wall - 23 June 2015

Another view up-site - 9 June 2015

Another view up-site - 10 June 2015

Looking up-site showing rough reveting to protect the retaining wall - 9 June 2015

Beams & blocks being fitted - 9 June 2015

Blocks, blocks everywhere - 10 June 2015

Lower slab in place with venting - 10 June 2015

Beams ready to span the trench blocks - 26 May 2015

Beams ready to span the trench blocks - 26 May 2015

Footings and Retaining Wall - 23 May 2015

More footings - 23 May 2015

More builders on site than normal - 26 May 2015

Something is a footing - 23 May 2015

And is the site level? - 21 May 2015

The start of the main retaining wall (version 1) - 21 May 2015

The start of trench-blocking - 21 May 2015

The start of trench-blocking - 21 May 2015

The start of trench-blocking - 21 May 2015

The start of trench-blocking - 21 May 2015

Footing for lower two slabs - 21 May 2015

Trench blocking under way - 21 May 2015

The re-profiled lower/mid garden - 6 May 2015

The (almost) final lower excavation - 6 May 2015

The (almost) final lower excavation - 6 May 2015

Footings trenches - 5 May 2015

And then it rained (1st of many) - 5 May 2015

Last views of the boulder before a decent burial - 22 April 2015

Last views of the boulder before a decent burial - 22 April 2015

Blue Elvan v Breaker - 22 April 2015

Doug & Raymond work out what to do with the boulder - 21 April 2015

Teresa as Sisyphus - 21 April 2015

So was the excavation straightforward (2)? - 21 April 2015

So was the excavation straightforward (1)? - 21 April 2015

The upper line of gabions - 20 April 2015

The upper line of gabions - 20 April 2015

The upper line of gabions - 20 April 2015

Are we nearly there yet? - 20 April 2015

Keep digging - 20 April 2015

Is the ground stable? - 20 April 2015

The hole is getting bigger - 10 April 2015

Dangerous! - 10 April 2015

The lower garden backfill almost complete - 10 April 2015

How do you get spoil off site? - 10 April 2015

Raymond's toys - 10 April 2015

Looking down the site - 8 April 2015

The upper gabions - 8 April 2015

Let the main excavation begin! - 8 April 2015

More gabions than you could shake a stick at! - 8 April 2015

Lower gabions complete & back-filled - 8 April 2015

Lower gabions complete - 8 April 2015

The gabion filling continues - 26 March 2015

The gabion filling continues - 26 March 2015

The upper run of gabions - 26 March 2015

Filling gabions - 24 March 2015

Gabion cages awaiting filling - 21 March 2015

Gabion cages on North boundary 21 March 2015

Gabion cages in place - 21 March 2015

A partly cleared site - 21 March 2015

The English always talk about the weather ... and drains! - 20 March 2015

Stone arriving for the gabions - 20 March 2015

Site Clearance - 20 March 2015

Topsoil - 20 March 2015

Gabion cages mysteriously appear along the northern boundary - 20 March 2015

The English always talk about the weather ... and drains! - 20 March 2015

The English always talk about the weather ... and drains! - 20 March 2015

Let Battle Commence! - 18 March 2015

Let Battle Commence! - 18 March 2015

Let Battle Commence! - 18 March 2015

Let Battle Commence! - 18 March 2015

Let Battle Commence!! - 18 March 2015

Revising the Access Road - 20 October 2014

Revising the Access Road - 20 October 2015

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