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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Double story extension In Selby part 3 In order for us to carry on building, we had to have some steel measured, made and delivered to site. The problem was that this RSJ in particular weighed exactly one tonne and was eight meters long! So we organised for a crane to lift it up from […]
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 […]