NOT THE BEGINING OF THE END, BUT IT IS THE END OF THE BEGINING

Just in time for the May Day holiday, completed the garage floor insulation, laid the steel mesh reinforcing, built a small form for the ramp, that took care of today, the floor layer cannot arrive until Monday, so we now have a few days of rest and relaxation.

Tarja doing the insulation on garage floor, double layer of Styrofoam, depth 10cm. just visible is the special drain in the floor, sand and dirt is collected in the bottom of it, easy to clean and stops fouling of the main drainage.All the insulation done, 15 x 15cm, 5mm wire mesh for reinforcing the floor, 3cm spacers under mesh to raise it up of Styrofoam, driving ramp form done at front.

All done, now all I have to do is wait till Monday, driveway is 20 meters long, means long interesting times when I have to do the snow work come winter, due to the building regs, I couldn't put the garage anywhere else, there must be a minimum of 4 meters between house and garage, neighbour would not give permission to move house 2 meters to the left, the boundary on the other side is fixed by the council, so no joy from them either.

Now we are all ready for the house package to arrive, that can be anytime after 12 May, there was absolutely no stress in this job so far, everything went like clockwork, we left ourselves a 2 week overlap, just in case of bad weather or illness, if you plan on something similar, then I would advise the same policy, the house manufacturers don't take kindly to delays, they usually charge a storage fee if you are late, not to mention the other contractors who may be put back because of unforeseen circumstances.