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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]