The loft conversion continues and week 6 saw the new floor of living space turning from a construction site to almost habitable rooms. Local builder Tabor Jones Limited continue to do a great job. Read on to find out what they got up to this week. A few different things appeared to be progressed on …
Loft Conversion – Week 05
Our loft conversion continues apace. Local builders Tabor Jones Limited are doing a great job and the new living space is really taking shape. Read on to see what has been happening this week Monday was a milestone day when the works moved from being almost out of sight in the loft to being in …
Loft Conversion – Week 00
Before having our loft converted into a new floor of living space (2 bedrooms and an en-suite shower room) we had to rid the existing loft of 30 years of accumulated junk - and even some stuff that was there when we arrived. This we did over a period of about 6 weeks with some …
Loft conversion
Builders Tabor-Jones of Leigh are making great progress on our loft conversion. Yesterday they started in the rear Dormer and got a fair amount if the structure up. After the builders had left the plumber turned up and worked until 9pm doing stuff so builders could carry on tomorrow. Committed.
Walkie Talkie progress
20 Fenchurch Street aka the Walkie Talkie building continues up at a rapid pace. 20 Fenchurch Street aka the Walkie Talkie building continues up at a rapid pace.
London to Southend Cycle 2012
Last weekend was the 2012 London to Southend cycle event in aid of The British Heart Foundation. I had signed up to take part but a heavy cold and associated lack of sleep and training meant I had to pull out. It was a glorious day for the event which made it all the more …
Sun shines on East of England Golfers
The sun did indeed shine brightly on Civil Engineers from the region and their guests at the annual ICE East of England Summer Golf day at Hintelsham Golf Club near Ipswich yesterday. The course was in superb condition and some excellent scores were recorded. The event was sponsored by Survey Solutions who were on hand to …
Havens Hospices Essex Countryside Cycle
It was the Essex Countryside Cycle last Sunday - a charity cycling event to raise funds for Little Havens Children's Hospice. There were three routes - 10 mile, 25 mile and 60 mile. I had tweeted about it a few weeks back and then Chrissie Flitter (@ChrissieBeads on twitter) tweeted that she had signed up to take …
One Tower Bridge
My new daily commute involves a leisurely stroll across London's Tower Bridge from Fenchurch Street Station to Tanner Street. In doing so I pass by - at high level - the construction site for the new One Tower Bridge development. I am going to be doing this for a few months so it will afford me …
London to Brighton Cycle 2012
Very quick post about the London to Brighton cycle that I participated in with others a couple of weeks ago. There were four of us in our team from work and the story as to why we were doing it is long but essentially we were taking part to show our support for our work …
