COMPLETION: inspection
There was never really any intension to produce a website for this project but I always tend to take progress photos when I do DIY. A lot of the extension pics were to send to my dad as a kind of emailed blog of how I was getting on. My dad taught me to mix concrete at a very early age. When most other children would have been riding bikes and playing football, I was leveling shuttering. He gave me the sack once for stepping in some wet concrete and I have a slight sense that all my emailed photos were maybe trying to prove a point. I didn't really understand what this sack was, but I can vividly remember being mortified that I was going to get one. I was only six.
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Self build house extension diary: April 2010 This was the morning of the final inspection by Building Control. Half an hour later the project was officially complete |
For the "completion of work" inspection everything should be finished. The 30 litres per second extractor fan was installed in the utility room and I had my 17th Edition IEE electrical certificate. There were a few bits and pieces that my building inspector picked up on. There was a bit of wall left in place that was holding up the old kitchen and strictly speaking that should have been taken down, but eventually I was given the final thumbs up.
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Self build house extension diary: April 2010 |
Obviously fitting the kitchen will seem like the final act but that needs another big chunk of cash. There is also a wall and gate into the back garden, various outdoor lights and the front drive. Replacing and widening the drive will be quite a mini project in its own right with herringbone clay bricks to match the existing path. The kitchen itself will need the old fireplace re-lining for a wood burning stove and a new oak floor.
So there are still a few bits and pieces left to do. But today, on a beautiful April morning, the project was officially complete and I would finally be getting that magical Certificate of Completion of Work.
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Self build house extension diary: April 2010 A couple of days after the final inspection my Certificate of Completion arrived. Hallelujah! |
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