Days 6-9 - Walls!

Ok, so just to be clear, we're talking building days here, not elapse time. In elapse time, this is Week 2.

Anyway, this is the week it got exciting - walls started to go up. The soakaway got dug (and now there's a 5 foot hole at the end of the garden covered in plywood). We now know that plywood is nice and bouncy - because I found M, O and L bouncing gently on it (over the 5 foot hole), telling me 'look Mum, the garden bounces!'. Ahem.

Now the walls have begun, we can see how big the extension is going to be - and man, that is one big kitchen! Photos to follow when Nik is less busy, because I'm not sure how to do it.

However, the other thing that happened this week was that the weather broke. Having enjoyed the warmest, driest April since records began (or somesuch), we now find ourselves in the first week of May with rain forecast every day for the next fortnight and the hole in the kitchen wall proving much more of a problem. The fluffy draught-excluder we were using in the kitchen is now decidedly soggy (and I have concluded he was probably more decorative than useful in intent). At least it means we no longer have to pretend that the washing line works when put through the garden table into the parasol base, to hold it up - actually, this is only effective until the wind blows, then all the washing ends up in the hedge.

So, once again, we were cracking on at a great rate - and then there was a world shortage of blocks. Apparently, they're not be had in the south east, and the fact that the builders have basically finished the first lot becomes embarrassing. The next lot arrive on Monday morning about 10, along with the builders....