title Grand Designs: Building Commences, Brome, Suffolk - 8th August 2013 intro The extension project, which has been around a year in planning of both the architect and local-council variety, really kicks off with the digging of footings - some of which are required to be a ludicrous 2.4 metres deep - and the arrival of concrete to fill them, in the form of around four entire cement-mixer loads. imgp3692 The front garden is scraped away imgp3693 The temporary crushed concrete drive imgp3694 The digger removes the lawn imgp3696 A pile of crushed conrete is ready imgp3699 Meanwhile, footings are dug imgp3700 The footings are fenced off imgp3707 The boys are loving the digger action imgp3711 Fred gets a go on the digger imgp3714 Brian shows Fred the ropes imgp3715 A view of the digger imgp3718 Fred in a digger imgp3720 The first load of concrete arrives imgp3721 Concrete arrival imgp3722 The concrete mixer gets ready to unload imgp3723 Lewis and Brian help the concrete on its way imgp3725 Isobel, Harry and Fred watch imgp3726 Millie the Mooch isn't sure imgp3728 Millie explores the footings imgp3730 More concrete is poured in imgp3732 A river of concrete around the house imgp3735 We head to The Bank in Eye, to escape the chaos imgp3736 A "you are here" neon artwork imgp3738 The boys in The Bank imgp3741 Boxes of Art imgp3742 Fred and Harry do some colouring imgp3744 Harry means business imgp3746 A soak-away hole in the garden imgp3748 Grandad by the ridiculously-deep garage footings imgp3750 The first two loads are set imgp3751 Grandad roams around in slippers imgp3754 Fred, Isobel and Harry go for a look imgp3756 Another load of concrete is poured imgp3761 Fred on his favourite digger imgp3762 Fred on his digger imgp3765 Harry stumps around imgp3766 Fred looks like a real builder, with plans imgp3770 Harry and Fred play in the dirt imgp3771 A view of the kitchen