Massive job! So no need to apologise, you have done loads. Will watch this avidly, as I have the feeling, it's going to be amazing.

That garden is huge

This is a real heavy duty job and if I was the owner I think I would have had the main house demolished and started again from scratch. You guys are doing a quality job and I take my hat off to you all. I thoroughly enjoy this series on this house. Keep the good work up guys 👍🙂

@mrbluesky2050

9 ай бұрын

yeah, I'd have gone with flattening it and starting over....

@john_smith1471

9 ай бұрын

@@mrbluesky2050 Then it would be a boring new build, making good 90+ year old faults in the original house and dovetailing a new extension is more interesting, also with flatten and rebuild we wouldn’t see a video for about two years with planning/waiting services/builders on different jobs.

Another entertaining video. Looking forward to the work progressing

I'd have got concrete in as soon as possible. I've had a job that the digging took longer than expected and I couldn't concrete until the Monday morning. It rained all weekend, and come Monday, the trenches had collapsed.

The wire lock tool is used extensively in the aircraft industry for nuts and bolts, filters and clamps.

Huge job, looking forward to this 1 👍

Great to see some progress, thanks guys. The "tool" you were using is "wire locking pliers" extensively used in the aircraft industry.

You did an excellent job of opening the fridge to Find nothing ,and managing to prepare a half decent meal,thanks

Now that job has got some serious digging out, a few hundred ton easy!

No need for any apologies guys, you are completely up against it regarding the work needing to be done. Good progress in the last few weeks, I'm guessing you took around 200 tons of debris away too !! Love it, all sorted now, heading in the right direction at last. Wicked.

This year the gazebos are selling like water. Aug-Sep weather has been marvellous. Good luck with the digging!

Cheers for the update. Looking forward to the progress. 🍻

Thanks for the video boys

Hi guys, welcome back 🎉

Brilliant work, looks nice and tidy, ready for the fun stuff! Cheers for showing us so much, all of it is interesting and helpful.

ya doin well guys, great to see

Good update guys. Getting out of the ground seems to be the toughest part. Nearly there

Well done guys, slow work but completely understandable for such a mammoth job. Adam’s plastic chair looks so lonely! I am sure it won’t be long now before he is sitting pride of place watching the rest of you work :-) Cheers James

@mrabuilders6723

9 ай бұрын

He’s gonna have to fight for it as Elliot has took it as he’s own 👍🏻

Great work as always lads

i use that locking wire tool to lock bolts in my car, i've had it now for about 30 years and thought it was very expensive when i bought it, but it's a great bit of kit

great video again

Great progress there. Blast from the past with those wire lockers, used them loads in the Air Force locking down connectors...

Can you send me some of your energy please? Great job thanks for the update can’t say enough about you guys. Regards Mike

@mrabuilders6723

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the continuing support Mike it means a lot to us. Have a good week mate 👍🏻

Another great video. Thanks for taking the time to produce and share these. Really informative, entertaining and great to watch. Nice job.

our BCO and warranty wont allow bricks to prop steel. have to use castles.

How would you price something like this? hats off to you. Lots of people on site for a long period of time, plus the cost of materials now 😳 hope the client has deep pockets 😁

Question from an observer with zero knowledge - wouldn’t it be cheaper to just knock the whole thing down and start from scratch, sticking to the existing footprint? Would be built to newest regs, zero complications and got to be faster?

@mrabuilders6723

9 ай бұрын

Not always that easy unfortunately. 👍🏻

Jeez the client has some money to do this , probably could of invested in a better property

Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

Seem a real serious shame you weren't able to get a few squatters in whilst you were away in the hope they'd finally demolish the place eh! 😁 If only eh... that way you'd have been able to get some real bigger toys on site to get things moving. But thems the breaks. 😉 Just hope the clients last out the delays and don't cack themselves too much over the process.

Did you go to cornwall for your holiday?, if you did I think I saw you and your son in Asda bodmin on sunday. Norman ps love your channel look forward to Sundays.

Why does the retaining wall foundations step in as oppose to remaining straight on the boundary?

Mechanics use those on a regular basis

The extension looks to be larger than the original footprint of the house.

@mrabuilders6723

9 ай бұрын

Not quite but it’s a big one. Thanks for commenting 👍🏻

Do you take out the bricks as there will be a point that will not be cover with concrete at the bottom if you don’t. I thought stand offs would be used designed to keep the point of contact to a minimum?

@mrabuilders6723

9 ай бұрын

The concrete will be poured and go around the mesh as the concrete is poured. If the mesh sat on the dirt it would be right at the bottom close to the base of the footing which wouldn’t be ideal.

You mentioned Adam was no longer with you? Is that temporary or permanent? Rich and Adam are a great team, don’t want to to see the team split. That would be like when John Noakes split with shep the dog, or when Wallace left Gromit 😂😂

@barryhall7

9 ай бұрын

He was talking about Adams track barrow is my understanding

@mrabuilders6723

9 ай бұрын

Sorry for the confusion I was talking about Adam’s breaker 😂😂👍🏻

@RpR_Makes

9 ай бұрын

That’s a relief.

@reggiedixon2

9 ай бұрын

Or Laurel without Hardy

So why is there a 'dog leg' in the retaining wall footings ?

@Sean006

5 ай бұрын

We found out in a later video when it all went pear-shaped. Well spotted! 👍 Apparently the dog leg was to protect a tree and not undermine it's roots. I'm not sure if the dog leg was in the structural engineer drawings. But when the wall was built the customer was annoyed.....but this was one of several problems. Looks like customer dreams bumped up against the reality of the site and builder got the boot.

Hi lads, I've got a samll issue I thought you guys could help me with. I've laid my OSB roof on my Dorma flat roof, I've left a 3mm gap between the boards but I'm worried about the gap lines showing through the rubber roof. I'm regretting leaving a gap now! Is there anything I can fill the joints with so the joints don't show through? Like a tape or filler/ sealant etc. Any advice would be much appreciated 👍 Cheers

@mrabuilders6723

9 ай бұрын

Hello mate, hope you're well. We always try and leave a small gap too and we've never noticed it showing through so I wouldn't worry. If you like you could go for the thicker rubber but that's only thicker by point something of a millimetre and is more heavy and expensive so again I wouldn't worry. As long as all your board edges are flush and the fixed down with proper fixings like there's no tomorrow...then sleep easy my friend!

@hiyes5221

9 ай бұрын

@mrabuilders6723 thanks for the reassurance matey, we've nailed it down with 60mm ring shank nails so it shouldn't be going anywhere, might add a few extra before we put the rubber roof on, just need a nice sunny day. Thanks for the reply 👍

@mrabuilders6723

9 ай бұрын

No worries at all man, all the best.

Still would’ve been better pulling it down get a proper machine and dumper in been quicker and cheaper + vat back on new build