We've got piles!

No, not the sort from sitting on damp ground for too long. Although there has been plenty of dampness from those pesky water pipes from the old house.

The piling work has been making progress, though according to the logs they've managed to go further down than initially quoted. The original quotation indicated an average of 8m, even though the site survey and exploration bore holes indicated around 10.5m. The actual piles have gone down between 9 - 13m. It's going to make a bit of impact on our contingency fund, literally pouring money in to the ground!

Foundation materials are due on site in just over a week and the following week are the blocks for the ground floor. It'll be around then that we start taking regular photos as the skin of the building begins to appear out of the ground.

Here are a few photos of our piles for those interested.




The Piling Machinery




Piles in and the concrete poured


After the initial concrete, the steel mesh will be laid for the concrete ring beam on top of the pile.