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bricklayer, builder, concrete raft, demolition, extension, Extensions, home extension, single story extension
22/03/2022

stone extension

Stone extension Hello everyone. Here we are again with the 300 words for the blog. My brother James is a newly married man and has gone on his honeymoon to Mexico the Lucky bugger. So I’m writing the blog for you guys this week. We’ve been working on a stone extension in lofthouse right next […]

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bricklayer, concrete raft, demolition, extension, Extensions, fencing, home extension, leeds, single story extension, wakefield
01/12/2021

The monster extension (part3)

The monster extension (part3) Winter is coming, so it’s time to get busy. When building an extension, if the temperature it too low outside you cannot build! Below zero is no Bueno, so we must make hay while the sun shines. This big double story extension in loft house is coming to a close in […]

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bricklayer, builder, concrete raft, demolition, extension, Extensions, home extension
24/10/2021

New job alert part duex

NEW JOB ALERT PART DEUX I’m writing to you today, dear reader, from the top of a scaffolding looking out over rolling hills and farmland between Rothwell and East Ardsley. It’s something that doesn’t get enough notice with working in construction. Lots of folk spend their 9 to 5 in an office, or just indoors […]

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25/09/2021

New job alert!!

New job alert! The month of September is here, the days are getting shorter, but the last remnants of sunshine and humidity are still with us. We have yet to change from shorts to trousers, in other words. The extension we are currently building is in Rothwell, a great little town to live in. It’s […]

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bricklayer, builder, demolition, Extensions, home extension, leeds, wakefield
20/05/2021

Garage in Wakefield

Recently at CG, we’ve been constructing a stand-alone garage on the grounds of bungalow in Stanley, Wakefield. The weather has been against us the past few weeks once again. The unseasonable May showers have forced us to take shelter more than a handful of times, but we persevered. It takes more than a bit of […]

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16/04/2021

Check out our new brick profiles

PROFILES They say you can’t teach and old dog new tricks, but as I have recently found out you most definitely can. When we build houses, extensions, garden and boundary walls and practically anything that contains a brick we use a spirit level. It’s the brickies friend and closest Allie, it keeps everything plumb and […]

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bricklayer, builder, concrete raft, demolition, Extensions, leeds, single story extension, stanley, wakefield
15/03/2021

St Johns Extension

St Johns Extension Now the sun is starting to show it’s face, working conditions are improving massively and morale is through the roof after a grim cold winter. Sadly, this comes at the end of a job instead of at the start of it! It’s reached the point now where the entire shell of the […]

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b, bricklayer, builder, demolition, Extensions, home extension
12/02/2021

Double story building in st johns Wakefield

Double story building in Wakefield How are we all after having time off for Christmas? We at CG Building Services had a quiet one but we were all happy to have the rest after a very busy year, but as they say the devil makes work for idle hands… So with that it mind, we […]

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bricklayer, builder, demolition, Extensions, leeds, single story extension, wa, wakefield
09/01/2021

How to Insulate a Victorian terrace

How to Insulate a Victorian terrace. We have just started a small project for a customers in Wakefield. The house we are working on is a 1900 terraced house , these types of houses don’t have insulation in between the cavity and have what’s is called a 9 inch solid wall. They didn’t insulate the […]

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extension, stanley, steel, wakefield
03/12/2020

Extension in stanley wakefield

On the extension we are on currently, we have been installing some steel RSJs, in order to hold up what used to be the exterior second floor of the property. The clients request is for the space in their new extension to be open plan; this involves holding the existing house exterior with Acro props […]

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stone extension

The monster extension (part3)

New job alert part duex

New job alert!!

Garage in Wakefield

Check out our new brick profiles

St Johns Extension

Double story building in st johns Wakefield

How to Insulate a Victorian terrace

Extension in stanley wakefield

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