Sunday, April 6, 2008
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Concrete
We have a floor! The slab was poured last week and the framing is being delivered this week. I'm looking forward to some vertical progress now.
The council building inspector threw a wobbly about the possiblity of clay washing down the bank (towards the back of the picture), so we had to meet on site on Monday to decide how to rearrange the clay and soil. The fact that the bank has been like this for six months is apparently irrelevant. We had to do some quick thinking about future landscaping, which was quite hard to visualise on the spot. We will need to get some of the clay removed so that we can have a more gradual terraced slope. The builder thought it was weird that I didn't want a billiard table flat section - he clearly doesn't know what our last garden was like.
Speaking of gardens, here's a little bit of colour to tide us over until I have to tackle half a hillside. This is Miltonia spectabilis var moreliana (that gave the spell check a fit!). It's growing well for me - seems to like the living room conditions so far.
The council building inspector threw a wobbly about the possiblity of clay washing down the bank (towards the back of the picture), so we had to meet on site on Monday to decide how to rearrange the clay and soil. The fact that the bank has been like this for six months is apparently irrelevant. We had to do some quick thinking about future landscaping, which was quite hard to visualise on the spot. We will need to get some of the clay removed so that we can have a more gradual terraced slope. The builder thought it was weird that I didn't want a billiard table flat section - he clearly doesn't know what our last garden was like.
Speaking of gardens, here's a little bit of colour to tide us over until I have to tackle half a hillside. This is Miltonia spectabilis var moreliana (that gave the spell check a fit!). It's growing well for me - seems to like the living room conditions so far.
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