Jointing and Joists 6
The holidays over, the entire team is back on site full of energy. As Esteban had virtually finished the rear wall except fro some low level areas, the scaffolding was stripped and prepared for the ....
Category: External
Views of the property from the outside
Jointing 5
While Esteban made progress along the rear wall I cleared the car parking area in preparation for the foundations for the second pergola. It meant relocating the site caravan which is now happily sat in ....
Jointing 4
Having cleaned the walls and chiselled the joints, Esteban has got on with jointing the rear wall. Starting to look good. The mortar colour we chose looks good and helps define the stones.
BBQ Roof 2
Weekend over so up on the roof installing the bolts to secure the roof panels. I was not happy with the spacing so took it all apart and adjusted it to get a more balanced ....
BBQ Roof 1
With the sarking wood finished I started to install the covering. First the paper that I stapled to the roof temporarily before then laying out the battens. Drawings and instructions would have been useful. I ....
Storage
At the moment there is just me and Esteban on site as everyone else is on holiday. Progress has slowed but not stopped. The tiles have been set on the two stores and the bike ....
Jointing 3
The rear wall is bing cleaned and the joints prepared for filling while I get on with removing more of the ivy in the BBQ. All finished (except for the bits that keep growing back ....
Garden Stores
Esteban has started to roof the two stores. Exterior and interior views of the rear store for the garden and the front store for the bikes.
Jointing and Joists 2
More progress on the small stores which are almost ready for roofing. They have also moved onto the rear wall which is exciting. The window detail shows we are planning to leave the raw concrete ....
Jointing and Joists 1
After our trip to Sancerre I returned to find that the entire end wall had been jointed and the two stores virtually finished. Looking good. The slightly darker mortar helps the stones to stand out ....