Tidy up and go again

So with some long hours over the weekend we managed to complete the planned works and have the basement backfilled.  We also insulated the wall at the end with some wall-cavity insulation, more for peace of mind.  The biggest job was refilling in abut 200m3 of clay that we'd taken out, and also to bring up the natural fall of the hill to allow the ground floor a level area to sit on.

That alone was about 1 1/2 days with an excavator and a 20 ton truck to tip into the area.  Thankfully we have a lot of filling to replace the missing volume or we may of had to buy in more.  Also, the internal block work is complete and you can see the floor plan above.

Today, the blocks are being raised in the garage/car-port partition to allow a steel beam to sit across them for the hollowcore floors to sit into.  We waited until the steel was onsite as a single column of block is not stable without the steel beam to sit on top and tie in.  The hollowcore is due for delivery tomorrow morning, and then we can dig foundations and go up again!