At the top of the lane past my house is a house that to get to it you have to go through an arch under another house. It has been purchased by an English couple.
After hearing so much about English builders when i heard the name Keith as the builder alarm bells started to ring. I soon found that Keith was a go between for the Portuguese builder who speaks no English. In the first two days the builders removed the entire floor in the lounge and did much of the outside finishing off work left from the previous builder.
The wall that ran midway under the floor that was removed had to have a doorway cut into it and also a stairway built in the corner and if that's not enough a block and beam floor had to be installed. Then the floor had to have a layer of cement skimmed over the entire floor.
What isn't shown is the floor that was taken out. The floor was a timber floor and also the beams where also timber these where all removed before i was able to take any photos.
All this was done by four workers and they did a remarkable amount in only four days.
I will look forward to bringing more of this stiry over the coming weeks.
You can see below where a doorway was being cut in the wall below. Also the block and beam floor is being laid.
Here that floor has been completed and now needs skimming with concrete before a final skim.
Here the builder is passing down concrete in a bucket to the other builder who is casting the stairs below.
This is the stairs that are cast in concrete going down to what will be extra rooms at a later date.
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