Concrete Wall Grows Taller
For this new week, we started the task of building the concrete shell that will sound proof our Entertainment Room. The first task was to make a template to help…
Ten Concrete Beams Arrives
Suddenly at a bright early hour, our concrete beams, all ten of them, arrive! We had to parked them on our driveway in such a position so we could then…
Jig to Slice Concrete Blocks
This morning, we created a jig to help us slice up concrete blocks using our large mains powered angle grinder fitted with a diamond coated cutting blade. We put several…
Concrete Blocks Arrives
The first load of new building material arrived today. 576 dense concrete blocks arrived with a ton bag of soft sand, eight bags of cement, two large paving slabs and…
Stud Wall Built and Covered in Fermacell Boards
This week, we started on building our timber Stud Wall that surrounds the concrete shell that encloses the Entertainment Room. But before that, we created another piece of equipment down…
Scratches On Glass Latest Results
We made contact with our Triple Glazing supplier and directed them to our previous blog report. After examining the photos, they decided to send their Sales Director to inspect our…
Chop Saw Plank Slicing Station
We started the week by creating a new piece of equipment, this time, a plank slicing station down in our Great Room, using our large chop saw and a length…
Patched Hole in Corridor’s Roof, Caused by a Firework!
Today, we discovered a leak in our corridor in our temporary living quarters while it was raining outside! Upon closer inspection, there was a hole right through the outer layer…
Setting out the Entertainment room
For the start of our new week, for the start of the work inside the house, we got on in sorting out the area where the Entertainment Room is situated.…
Cleaning and Polishing our New Windows
On Tuesday, in lovely sunshine, we went around cleaning our new windows, on the outside surfaces. We will do the inside later on after we have sealed the inner glass…