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Just done a new slab and dwarf wall for the conservatory. Not all my work, I am not a bricklayer and wouldn't even attempt that kind of thing.

Old conservatory taken down, it was a shitty one from around 25yrs ago, leaky, falling apart and badly installed. The slab wasn't insulated at all. It was one of those floor to roof windowed ones, with patterned/etched glass, and the corners cut off... Victorian style I think

Decided to square it off and make it a little larger to 4x4 meters from the 3.5x3.5 (less the corners) one.

Large skip ordered, old slab broken up, new trench dug and concrete poured. Brickie made a start on the walls, so that we could have the inside abck filled and compacted properly. Then membrane, 100mm insulation, membrane and 100mm concrete slab poured.

Brickie then got on with the drawrf walls, went a little higher than most do... The reason is that it cost just a few hundred more for the wall to be higher, but shaved 3k of the conservatory price. So walls are about 450mm tall instead of the usual 300mm. It lines up with a bar in the floor to ceiling bay window at the front of the house.

Walls insulated with 50mm PIR as I couldn't get 75mm at the time, Instead I will be adding 25mm insulated plasterboard to the inside to meet current regs.

A half step created by the door opening, as my mum lives with us now and struggles with the higher drop from the back door to the paving. This will make it much easier for her to navigate. I doubt she'll ever actually use the back door again once it's finished... But when I redo the paving and garden next year, I might build another half step there too. I also need to do one by the front door as there's a full height step that she struggles with. She's 80, and has arthritis and hip trouble.

I don't plan on taking the patio doors out into the space... But it'll be an option should we want to down the road. Hence all the pics taken in case they're needed for building control.

Conservatory ordered and deposit paid... should be going up in about 4-5 weeks. Warm roof with 150mm PIR in it.

Gotta get an electrician and plasterer in as new electrics required and I can't plaster. Know some people, who've done work for us before.

Original quotes for the whole job were landing in the £30k range... that's take it all down, build it up new, all finishes internally... only decorating and flooring to do ourselves.

By taking on as much DIY as possible, and getting separate quotes for walls and so forth. We've got that price down by £7k.

Haven't factored in things like blinds and flooring though, as they weren't included in the original quotes. Will probably do a self levelling compound across the floor once it's watertight and lay either some vinyl or wood laminate.

Electrician needs to channel half way around the dining room to get plug sockets out there... hence getting a pro in. If it was just adding a spur or two from and existing socket, my brother in law and me could do it.

Undecided on lights... I was thinking wall lights either side of the door, but the whole thing will be asymmetrical with the patio doors of centre in that wall. So probably just go with 4 flush down lighters in the ceiling.

So far so good... will update when it's airtight and we can crack on with finishing inside.

Hoping to have it all finished by end of June... maybe no blinds done... can't decide on what ones. We like the idea of those ones you insert into the frames. But expensive... she said about doing roller blinds... I hate them. I suggested vertical blinds... she's not a fan as we've got them and venetian blinds in other rooms. Maybe a mix of frame blinds and vertical

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