Digging out the front floors
This was a big job that we couldn't put off any longer. We needed to dig down around 600mm to remove the bad quality hardcore and add in clean MOT2 and concrete before insulating, putting in underfloor heating pipes and screeding. The front of the house was done last summer before we moved in as the subsidence in the floors was so bad that the mortgage company would not mortgage it as it was. But we had decided that we wanted to do the back rooms which were not as noticeable but needed insulation anyhow. It took many hours of hard draft to dig out on the first weekend. It took 2 grab lorries to take away the muck (thank you Harradines!). The following weekend we barrowed in the MOT2 (also purchased from Harradines) and lined the floor with damp proof membrane. It was so cold the hardcore froze solid and needed to be broken with a pick axe! The building inspector was called for a quick inspection before adding in the cement. The following week we ordered a cement mixer lorry (from Cardinalis) and hand barrowed in 2.6m3 of concrete. We had an hour to get it done before you get charged extra for lorry waiting time. My barrowing skills were much to be desired so I swapped places with the driver and operated the cement mixer!
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