15 rue Sainte Benête – The Development Blog
Continuing yesterday’s work I have inserted more horizontal supports to frame the structure especially at the top under the existing beam. This has allowed me to Putin the vertical sheet behind the exposed stone blocks. ....
Took Valentine’s Day off! Back to work today. On the last leg for the timber frame. I still have to finish some of the horizontal pieces but wanted to deal with the difficult section where ....
Florent arrived first thing this morning and we investigated the leak together. He discovered one of the joints that had not been properly sealed and it looks as if that is where the water was ....
What a morning. Rain, rain, rain. So I was restricted to internal jobs. Fortunately the roof overhang offered some protection that allowed me to work on the timber frame and finish off installing the main ....
Raining lightly when I arrived so I started outside bit it soon became too heavy and I was forced inside. So, I started to assemble the next staircase which I discovered is in three parts ....
The volets for the front doors (both sides) are independently installed and need a guiding rail to drop down through. the rail has to be fitted on top of the cladding so before the volet ....
This morning I finished off the plywood cladding and then applied the breather paper to the upper section. I then spent the afternoon finishing the fitting the battens in preparation for the cladding. The right ....
First thing this morning was a meeting on resolving the issues with the windows with Julien Cogné. The solutions look to be OK but the rear opening in the lounge cannot be changed. We will ....
In order to work on the upper mezzanine floor and bannisters, I decided to fit the smaller staircase between the two mezzanines. I have dismantled it downstairs and taken all the steps home for Jude ....
It does not looks much but it took most of the day to fit the 16mm cabling in the distribution board then make the final connection at the temporary supply. 16mm is difficult to work ....