Started Installing Joists for First Floor
We have started the process of installing the joists for the First Floor. The last two and half days were spent on several tasks, like for example, marking out on…
Wall and Sign Repaired
This morning and yesterday were spent on repairing the broken wall and repainting the street sign for our Loke after the delivery lorry with our I-Beams had misjudged things and…
I-Beams Arrive!
In the morning we prepared an area to store the beams next to the house. The lorry arrived at 1:25pm with the 66 special I-Beams on a open flatbed vehicle,…
Preparing for the Arrival of 66 Timber I-Beams
Monday is the big day with the arrival of 66 special timber I-Beams, the last three days have been spent preparing for this happy day. So, we adapted our large…
Extra Large Sliding Saw
The other piece of equipment we made while we waited for this day, was to build a special chop saw table to cope with slicing these I-Beams. Their physical size,…
Installed Dozens of Conduits and Pipes through the External Wall for Future Expansion
At the beginning of the three weeks waiting for the arrival of our First Floor Joists, we sat down to analyse all requirements of providing connections to the outside world…
Glass Wool for External Walls Delivered
Our Glass Wool insulation we ordered last week has arrived today. The delivery truck parked in our local Tesco Express (after asking the staff inside the shop for permissions) and…
Ground Floor Walls Structure All Finished
We continued the task of putting up reinforced wall posts for the hanging toilets for the cloakroom and for the en-suite of Bedroom 3 where we had to put down…