The Mexican builder Hello there dear reader. I am currently writing to you from the office with nary a thought in my head as to where I’m actually going. I have been off work for three weeks; no extensions, alterations or demolitions have been wrought by my hands. In fact, I’ve done no building work […]
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 […]
Today its all about the new extension we’re building. Good evening and salutations coming from the bat cave AKA blog update HQ. We are currently sat in the van dodging the storms that have been absolutely rinsing the UK for the past week. We have been getting stuck into a new extension we’re building , […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]