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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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bricklayer, builder, demolition, Extensions, home extension, leeds, stanley, wakefield
22/08/2021

Building an extension in the hot sun!

Building an extension in the hot sun! The heat wave is over and the wonderful British weather is starting to settle back into the traditional rhythm of light showers, wind and thunderstorms. At CG we appreciate the sunshine as much as the next man, but the nature of our work being outdoors means the sun […]

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bricklayer, builder, demolition, Extensions, home extension, leeds, single story extension, wakefield
25/07/2021

Pre mixed mortar on the new extension

As long as i have been a builder I have mixed mortar the same way for the last 20 plus years, Sand ,water and cement fired into the mixer and let it mix for the desired time, till it is the consistency of clotted cream, beautiful. That was up until I found a company that […]

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bricklayer, builder, demolition, Extensions, leeds, single story extension, stanley, wakefield
13/06/2021

Property Single story extension in Stanley

PROPERTY As a wise Yorkshire based poet once said, “Summer is here and it’s absolutely buzzing. Have a can of diet coke and get the trowel moving.” Or something along those lines The change in weather has been absolutely fantastic, the sun cream has been fished out of the man drawer and spirits are high. […]

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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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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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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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bricklayer, concrete raft, home extension, leeds, single story extension, wakefield
01/11/2020

Single story extension in Stanley

This week we began excavating the footings for a single story extension in stanley to the rear of our clients property. In contrast to how our footings are usually installed, this time we are building off a concrete raft; Now, as we said,this is different to what we conventionally do. The normal procedure usually is […]

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bricklayer, builder, Extensions, leeds, wakefield
03/09/2020

House extension in Selby part 2

when a bricklayer lays DPC (damp proof course membrane) on a house extension, it has to be at least 6 inches from the ground, so rain cannot splash and hit the bricks that are higher than the damp. If the ground level makes it not possible to have the DPC at 6 inch, it can […]

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New job alert part duex

Building an extension in the hot sun!

Pre mixed mortar on the new extension

Property Single story extension in Stanley

Garage in Wakefield

St Johns Extension

Double story building in st johns Wakefield

How to Insulate a Victorian terrace

Single story extension in Stanley

House extension in Selby part 2

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