10. At last. Some building.

Not much of the back of the house left at all now. Thank goodness for acrow props.

The trench is dug for the foundations which sees off skip number 9. The building inspector passes it off, although I did have to underpin the existing structure to make him happy.

3.5 cubic metres of concrete are barrowed in and levelled. Thanks to my dad again for his assistance there.

Finally some building starts. 3 brickies and a labourer make some decent progress.

By the end of day 1 we are half way there with the ground floor of the extension.

Day 2 sees most of the ground floor complete. The padstones are laid ready for the steel which should be arriving next week.

There is even time for some of the internal walls to be started. The bricks have been reclaimed from the walls which were knocked down.

I am happy with the progress and the standard of workmanship, and the brickies are happy they have some beer tokens for the sunny weekend ahead. Excellent.