Creating a ‘Dormer’ for the Great Room
We decided to add a ‘feature’ to the Great Room by exposing the rafters where they run in front of the Conservatory Extension Gable wall. We are going to continue…
Started on Technology cupboard and Electrical panel.
Stephen wanted a solo project whilst Shaun in resting, so he started on the Tech cupboard. First the two walls next to the bathroom and Storage cupboard where boarded with…
Hall floor hatches completed
This week we finished cutting hatches into the hall floors on Monday and Tuesday. Then we needed a way of lifting the panels easily. So we drilled a hole 100mm…
Another order from China
After buying the valves last week, we started looking for some of the other things needed for automating the house. The next things are Flow sensors – to measure how…
Stephen has that falling feeling…
Stephen nearly fell through the floor today! He was walking across the unfinished floor to fit a piece of plumbing pipe when he stepped on the edge of a small…
Scorching Machine is Complete
It took another three weeks to finish off tweaking the design of the scorching machine, with many iterative changes as we test and adapt the machine (As usual things take…
Larch scorching machine progressing
You may remember that we have decided to lightly scorch all of our larch cladding to give the walls more texture both visual and physical. We are using an ancient…
Fibre-glassing the Filter Day 2
We continued to apply the Resin and Fibreglass layers to the Filter Parts. We completed all of the insides with their two layers as well as the two layers on…
“D” & “E” Completely covered
In better weather we completed the boarding of Sections D & E. We are getting better at cutting boards the correct size first time. We have now covered 140 square…