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Category: Entrance Gates and Arch

Painful Errors

20 June 20232 July 2023 gjj

Because I am taking a relaxed approach and only visiting on occasion and not daily, errors begin to occur. When I arrived today I was upset to see what looks to be cement used as ....

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Concrete Floor Goes In

13 June 202317 June 2023 gjj

When I arrived on site it was about an hour before the concrete was due to arrive and I found four builders busy on the separation wall which, in a morning, they had just about ....

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Ivy Finished! (For Now)

12 June 202313 June 2023 gjj

Having sorted the water mains and connections it was back onto sorting out the Ivy and finally the entrance arch is cleared on the roadside. I also did the front wall at the same time. ....

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More Ivy Removal

10 June 202313 June 2023 gjj

Quiet day on my own on site today. Finally finished off the ivy on the walls behind the car parking area and down the wall on the roadside between the parking area and the arch. ....

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Garden Wall 1

6 June 202311 June 2023 gjj

Our focus switched to the swimming pool over the weekend to agree where the heat pumps and technical areas will go. Yet more underground cables to be laid! The heat pumps will also affect the ....

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PV Panels And Another Cable

2 June 202311 June 2023 gjj

After pouring the concrete for the lintel above the door, the team got back to floor preparation laying the reinforcing bar for the concrete pour. We wanted to organise it for this week but the ....

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Electrics and External Progress

26 May 202312 September 2023 gjj

The temporary barrier between our garden and Henri's has been taken down in preparation for laying the foundations of the wall that has to be built there. So for a while the dogs cannot be ....

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BBQ and Services

22 May 202311 June 2023 gjj

When I arrived this morning after leaving early on Friday I was pleased to find the BBQ and Workshop area had been prepared and compacted along with the cleanse and preparation of the bike store. ....

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Pathway Progress

19 May 202311 June 2023 gjj

By Friday morning they were moving down the site preparing and compacting the pathway that will join the gates to the house but will also serve as the temporary roadway for Florent to get materials ....

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The Contractors Begin

17 May 202311 June 2023 gjj

Florent Maitre and his team arrived Monday 15th to start on site and I was there first thing to hand it over to him. The rest of the day and Tuesday I was otherwise occupied ....

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