The Pergolas Arrive
The Douglas Fir pergolas have arrived together with the roofing materials. The three wheeled forklift was an amazing machine that could turn its wheels through 90 degrees to access difficult positions. Each pergola has been ....
Category: External
Views of the property from the outside
Sand Blasting
If you have never seen it, this is sand blasting in progress. Jonathan has cleaned the wall (that will be exposed in the Lounge) and is here cleaning up the joists that will remain visible ....
Hoists not Joists
I need to lift a lot of materials to the upper floors so I have bought and installed an electric hoist identical to the one I had at Le Chai. Making a start on the ....
Windows 4 and Oak Floor
The floor beam on the new concrete pedestal has been bolted with resin. The exiting windows are having their lintels raised and the view of the back of the house starts to take shape. Another ....
Windows 2
Good progress on the windows that are now nearly all concreted. One more to go. A new external office by the caravan.
First Floor Joists 4
Trial holes for installing the sewage (assainissement) system were dug and surprise, surprise they are full of water. Consequently the system cannot be a standard one but instead an electrically driven micro station. Cost will ....
First Floor Joists 3
With the floor in, the windows can be started at the back of the house. To get the scaffolding up outside the eventually pathway needed to be part laid. By the end of the day ....
External Concreting
I turned up late in the morning to find the new beam had been installed and levelled and most of the external concreting had been done. The rear patio. The workshop and BBQ area that ....
External Concreting Preparation
The wall rendering is finished. The concrete support is re-shuttered to be raised to the new height. The hole to receive the far end of the new beam has been raised and moved to get ....
Painful Errors
Because I am taking a relaxed approach and only visiting on occasion and not daily, errors begin to occur. When I arrived today I was upset to see what looks to be cement used as ....