Plans are on track so far to start the wall rebuild next week.
The earth was collected, taken about 5 miles away to a local company who put it through their big grindy sieving machine and then delivered it back ... all for £300. Seems like a bargain when we think of how long it would have taken to break it all up and put it through Nick's sieving machine!
The foam glass base got a bit chipped when the earth was shoveled away from it. Probably would have been fine but we decided to start fresh, so it's been removed and a new base ordered.
We've made a couple more test blocks to see if there is any point in paying extra for white cement - does it effect the colour? The blocks have yet to dry but it certainly didn't seem to make much difference to the wet colour.
The shuttering has been refurbished by Michael. We have sanded where needed and varnished again. It's going to have a bit more texture than it originally did. The wall loses some texture when the cement is added but it will gain some from the boarding. Should be interesting.
As well as adding cement we are also now hoping to build in 2 stages. This means we can take the shuttering off the bottom half of the wall and give it a couple of weeks to dry while the SIPs co put up the shell of the house. They say they should be able to leave us space to build the top half of the wall and they will then finish the last bit of house/roof around it when we're done.
Our builder is back from his holiday today and Nick is meeting with him tomorrow to talk about the new plan.
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