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Building work on our new self catering log cabin continues, as does the brilliant Spring sunshine. Today the block work structure is being filled in using the recycled rubble and broken bricks, quite a labour intensive process. The rubble is shovelled in and then compacted down with the digger and a wacker plate to make a solid surface. It is extremely important to ensure that everything is crushed and compacted correctly or the whole structure could move and crack when the cabin is placed on top of the foundations - we definitely don't wa...
At Hoe Grange Holidays we strive to Reuse and Recycle materials wherever possible. The latest large scale recycling effort is part of the building project for our third self catering log cabin. We took delivery of several lorry loads of waste, in the form of broken bricks and building rubble, to fill in the base of the foundations now that the block work has been completed. They say that one man's rubbish is another man's gold, and in this case rubbish was exactly what we needed! Recycling rubble Recycling Conserves Resources When we r...
Sewage treatment Tank Having no mains sewage connection, we have to make our own arrangements for the more unpleasant side of having guests. We have just installed an aeration sewage treatment plant. This takes the sewage from the drain system, it passes through a settlement tank the liquid is then aerated by passing air through it. This helps the bacteria in the system to break down the sewage to produce water clean enough to pass into a ground through a series of trenches. They say that the water coming from the system is pure enough to drin...
Up and up... Building work continues on the foundations for our new log cabin here at Hoe Grange Holidays in the spectacular Peak District. The block work seems a little imposing at the moment as it is so high - seeing plans on paper is one thing, but seeing the bricks stacking up high in real life is quite another. David assures me that once the soil is banked up, and the blocks are covered with wood cladding it will not look so out of place - let's hope he is right! All we need to do is fill with water! It is very tempting at this stage t...
levelling up the block work Building on our new log cabin continues at a rapid pace, helped by the fabulous Spring weather. Now that the footings have been filled with concrete the next job is the block work. This is obviously a critical stage and not an easy task on such a sloping site – thank goodness for modern technology and laser levels, what would we do without them? block work 2 More tomorrow! David...







