Ladder Support System Created, Roof Section I complete and Kerb Flashing Done
We resumed work in new week by continuing slating the I section of the roof, Creating a roof ladder support system and getting the flashing line of slates onto the…
Annual Servicing of Septic Tank
A year on and it is time to empty our septic tank. The water was starting to go murky so we ordered the man with his smelly lorry to come…
Slates Start Going Up!
For this week’s worth of work, with lots of weather interruptions along the way, we started the actual process of putting up our Slates! Using our new collection of tools…
Slate Cutting tool, Nail Containers and Slate Spacing Guides
Today, following on from Saturday’s work, we designed and built a slate cutting guillotine with supporting stand which has rubbish collection built in. The guillotine sits on top of the…
Rubber Liner Installed in Gutters and Tiling Battens Started
Here is a summary of our work for the last 10 days .. Using glass fibre and black resin, we sealed the complex downpipe channel three way intersection plus the…
Installed the First Three Sections of the Gutters
Over the last 10 days or so (with interruptions), we had installed the new Oak timber pieces to form the Guttering for the roof sections I, J and K. We…
Processing Oak Timber to produce Guttering pieces
These last few weeks since the start of the year (January 2019), we have been processing lots of Oak Timber planks and producing finished pieces to build the Guttering System…
December Holiday Rest Period
We decided to take a break away from our building work and relax, to recover some of our mental balance and stamina. We did do some other little jobs that…
Rubber Strips for Hips and Ridges Done and Metal Mesh Dispenser Coming Together
We continued with the task of slicing up the wider rolls (four of them) into a little bit narrower width (380mm because we are using narrower slates than we envisaged…
Dispenser and Cutter for Rolls of Rubber membrane
Today, we made a dispenser to hold a roll of rubber membrane (20m long strips 500mm wide wrapped on a cardboard tube) so we could easily unroll each roll of…