Author: Shaun

Yesterday we started on the task of installing and assembling our Skylight framework for real, right on top of our roof – at last! The first job was to finish…

This morning, we used our new tool for the first time (a power file – a spinning little belt sander) to clean out the slots in all the various framework…

Yesterday and today, we got down to the task of preparing our Skylight framework and all its individual pieces, to get them ready to be installed up on the top…

Yesterday and today, we continued with the task of coating the white top coat of the polyester resin on the wooden framework of the Skylight. We finally finished it today…

Today, we rubbed down the second layer on all the pieces to get rid of a small number of drips and dribbles, plus also doing this coat of transparent base…

Today, we rubbed down all the pieces of our Skylight framework, making sure that any dribbles, drips and sags were removed. It was a slow process and it took most…

Yesterday, we started the process of painting the framework of the Skylight. We first removed all the tarpaulins we had covering things against any possible rain showers, and then unscrewed…

Over the last couple of days, we have been fitting the final set of wedge shaped pieces to the outer rim of the skylight framework. We got interrupted by rain…

With yesterday’s short afternoon and today’s full day, we continued with the task of fitting the extra battens to all the rafters, the ridge and the outer rim areas, to…

Yesterday and today, we worked on creating a set of glazing holders that will take the triple glazing units (TGU) that goes up inside the Skylight later on next year…