Section J Fully Covered in Slates, K All Battened Up and Guttering Complete Along Back of Building
Another week is done, apart from two days of interruptions (due to a day of rain and two half days of other commitments), we had a good week of work.…
Slates on J Roof and Progress on Gutters
Another week is done and we are progressing on the roof putting Slates on the J roof segment and Guttering on the next four sections from L to O. We…
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…