Vapour Barrier Plastic Membrane Installed (Part 1)
To finish off filling in the outer walls, and to provide a vapour barrier too stop moisture getting into our timber elements, we proceeded to cover up the glass wool…
Conservatory Air Duct Built Inside Wall
We spent a day or so making an air duct that will extract the hot air from the Conservatory. It needed to go inside the wall between the window and…
Glass Wool Fills the Air Space in Outer Walls
In preparation for filling and covering the walls we went around and planed off any of the plywood spacers between inner and outer wall posts which were sticking out from…
Extra Framework and Insulation Over Doors and Windows
We spent these last four days putting in extra insulation foam boards over the top of all the doors and windows. We needed to do this first because when the…
Work Continues on Construction of First Floor and Its Floorboards
We resume the week by collecting up the sand we had spread across the kitchen to dry and sieved it through the finest mesh we had and lugged up six…
Fiddly Hidden Elements Completed in First Floor Joist Space
This week was a chop and change kind of week, working on lots of different elements that needed to be done before we can continue in laying down the floorboards…
Sun Shield Patched and Installed over our Corridor plus New Waterproof Cover for Header Tank
It is very very hot outside today, we had to repair the tarpaulin that provides a sun shield over our long corridor in our temporary living quarter and also replace…
All of the Remaining Joists Up and Secured
We carried on with the task of cutting and hauling up a whole series of Joists to form our First Floor structure. We had started at the back of the…
The Two Defective Windows Replaced and Third Polished
Today, Tuesday the 8th of June, saw the arrival of two replacement triple glazing units, to swop out the defective windows. They had internal scratches between the layers of glass…
Third of First Floor Joists and Floorboards Built
We carried on from last week in installing the joists for the First Floor. We glued and nailed the section over Bedroom 1 and then moved on to tackle the…