Cnocan Construction

With Iain and Angie on hand on Saturday 6m (cubed) of concrete was delivered and poured and then levelled off to complete the foundation pad. (Iain and Angie are from Cnocan, the neighbouring croft).

Solum preparation

A layer of sand blinding the hardcore sub-base.

2000g DPM

A bed of 150mm rigid insulation.

Steel mesh reinforcing

Ready to go on Saturday morning.

Super Saturday

With the indispensible assistance of Angie and Iain and despite the heavy showers by 6.30pm on Saturday evening we packed away the lights and cleaned the tools. This pictures was taken on Monday morning.

Man the pumps

After a night of heavy rain showers I woke up to find our excavations full of water - probably about 6,000 litres! We emptied the founds by a variety of means; pail, 12v bilge pump, and by digging a drain around the bank.

Finally, by 3.30pm the footings were poured and ready for blockwork.

Bring on the readymix

Groundworks almost ready for the concrete to arrive for the footings.

The wise man built his house upon a rock...

This has turned out to be a really good site for the extension - mainly broken rock, but we came across a really hard seam of rock, which required my cousin's 13 ton digger with a breaker fitted. It was almost a whole day of seeking solutions and various failed attempts to deal with the rock and then the 13 tonner did the whole job in half an hour...

Demolition Day 3 - the morning after

Because we did a night shift there was no chance to take a final photo of the demolition work.

Demolition - Day 3

Demolition - Day 2

Demolition - Day 1

The Project - Achadaphail Top End

Demolition and rebuilding of the top end of the family home at Achadaphail, replacing it with a modern self-contained building.

Fàgail Chille Mhoire