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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, 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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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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fencing, leeds, sawmill, stanley, wakefield
13/10/2020

FENCING JOB IN WAKEFIELD

Fencing job in Wakefield Today, we have been erecting a wooden fence bordering a garden at the rear of our client’s property. It’s a bit of a change from what we tend to do work-wise but, a change is as good as a rest and we count it as a break from the norm, and […]

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Extensions, leeds, selby, wakefield
15/09/2020

Part three of the double story extension In Selby….

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 […]

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The monster extension (part3)

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

How to Insulate a Victorian terrace

Single story extension in Stanley

FENCING JOB IN WAKEFIELD

Part three of the double story extension In Selby….

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