Windows and Timber Frame Installation 21
Alain Chergui arrived first thing and delivered back the left over tiles from the floor he has just installed. The tiles are well travelled. We bought them initially for the new floor at the Chai ....
Alain Chergui arrived first thing and delivered back the left over tiles from the floor he has just installed. The tiles are well travelled. We bought them initially for the new floor at the Chai ....
The morning began dry and bright so I was able to work on the cladding over the smaller set of doors. I managed to install the piece on the left easily enough but the right ....
More rain stopped me working yesterday but today it is relatively dry. I used the time yesterday to visit a metal worker to discuss the metal trays for the window cills and catch up on ....
The weather is not good again today and I need to leave early to collect some furniture near Poitiers. The supplied windows do not have an extended cill tray so I will have to organise ....
The weather continues to be a problem and working outside is impossible most of the time at the moment. This morning I had to be on site early to let the window company in to ....
I started at home this morning catching up with paperwork so only managed the afternoon today. However I made good progress with the cladding around one of the windows.
With the plywood installed, I started applying the breathable membrane and once it was completed finished off by fixing the battens to support the timber cladding. I even managed to put up one piece of ....
After finishing the pear tree I started back on the horizontal supports which are now all in. So I have begun installing more of the plywood. Meanwhile, Xavier and Kevin of Socover are back on ....
Since we bought the land I have wanted to sort and prune the fruit trees which have not been tended to for some years. I never got around to it at the last house but ....
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. ....