Tidying Up
Another miserable, wet day. Not an issue as I planned to work inside today. First job was a serious tidy up as I need to get the ground floor cleared and ready for the underfloor ....
Another miserable, wet day. Not an issue as I planned to work inside today. First job was a serious tidy up as I need to get the ground floor cleared and ready for the underfloor ....
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 ....
to maintain the flooring for the window installation I had to lift the temporary floor I had fitted (22mm) that is the attic floor and replace it with thinner (12mm) boarding that is destined for ....
Dancing posts and gate cemented in. Lead flashing on storage roofs and the final joists are fitted.
More work on the attic floor joists while externally the ground is flattened and the pathway foundation rubble laid.
With the old warped beams removed from the upper mezzanine, a support beam to level the new oak beams is placed in position. With the first floor and lower mezzanine joists in place I have ....
While the guys have been installing the kerbstones by the car park and around the house, I have got on with installing the first floor joists.
The concrete base has gone into the garden store. And the new replacement beam has been installed over the existing one that gave me concerns at one end. Also te high level beam is in ....
Well the electrical hoist packed up (the control handle simply came apart and cannot be put back together again. So I have invested in a slower but reliable manual alternative. While installing it I captured ....
The pergola does use some nuts and bolts but the main method of fixing is old fashioned hard wood pegs. The whole structure wobbles a bit as they are driven home. The problem I have ....