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Beforehand - the kitchen extension
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Beforehand - the kitchen extension
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Emptier than we'd ever seen it...
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Driveway and garage
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The old garage
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Someone appears to have stolen part of our kitchen!
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27th September
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27th September
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It is an ex-boiler...
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Another skip full
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Heath Robinson had nothing on this
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29th September; more garage missing
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Lots and lots of concrete to move
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Letting the light in
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30th September: gone!
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3rd October: foundations taking shape...
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Foundations
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5th October: foundations pretty much done
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It's a big hole
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Mysterious bricks. We have no idea...
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No, no clue whatsoever. Probably not Roman.
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What do we want? Concrete! When do we want it? Yesterday!
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Either Stelios gets everywhere, or someone'll be getting sued very shortly
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Ready to roll
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Pouring...
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Pouring
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Moving the concrete
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Master of all he surveys
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The gloop, ready to set
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Bricks
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Foundations being put to their intended use
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Damp course
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19th October - some bugger's stolen my toilet!
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Drains
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Still Life With Pickaxe
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The other side of the equation
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This is not really what you want to see in your drains
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More foundations, this time for the internal (but structural) wall
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Hardcore...
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The old meets the new
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We have floor
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Lego was more exciting
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We have more floor
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Insert Pink Floyd song here
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Measure twice, lay bricks once
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Wall
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Insulation -- a useful concept
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The rear view
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The march to the scaffold
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My house is low-carb? Oh, wait... lintel, not lentil
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Joist hanging around
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Much enjoistment
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This is not a subtle process (much like my jokes)
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Not sure this quite meets the standards for modern insulation
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It's bracing out there
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Shiny tiles in the new downstairs loo
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Replacing our guttering will displace many endangered species...
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Bricks keep going up
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Almost to the top
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16th November
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Yes, okay, it's a sink -- but it's a working sink