Finished Straightening Ends of Rafters and Started Extending Fascia Boards
This morning, we completed the task of straightening the ends of the rafters on the last sections of roof, namely “E”, “D”, “C” and “B”. that didn’t take too long…
Rafter Ends All Aligned Up
We used our new piece of equipment today, a niffy little band saw machine we bought yesterday, to make a collection of wooden spacers of variable thickness. We sliced a…
Four Jig Modules Created for Screw Holes in Fascia Boards
Today we calculated and created a design for a jig to help us drill two clearance holes through the Fascia boards, positioned in such a way that the two stainless…
Last Set of Fascia With Slope Sliced, Tools Prepared and First Test Fitting
Yesterday afternoon and today, we carried on with the task of getting our Fascia Boards up on our eves. Yesterday, we had the last four and half planks that needed…
Slicing Slopes on Top of Fascia Boards
Missing our morning’s work session to other duties, we resumed after lunch on the task of slicing a slope on the top edge of our Fascia boards to match the…
Completed Setting Up of Brackets for Fascia Boards
Today, under a superb blue sky and brilliant, very hot sunshine, we continued the task of fixing up support brackets to hold up our Fascia Boards at the exact positions.…
Proceeded With New Liquid Level Device to Get Ready for Fascia Boards
Today, we unpacked our new liquid level device and spent several hours getting it sorted (putting liquid in the 25 metre clear hose, without any bubbles takes time and patience!!),…
Final Black Finishing Coat of Glass Fibre Resin Applied to Downpipe Channels
This morning, we finished off sanding and cleaning up the work we did yesterday on the Downpipe Channels, by removing excess glass fibre here and there and preparing them all…
Glass Fibre Resin Coating for Downpipe Channels
Yesterday and today, we have been preparing and starting the process of putting on a fibre glass resin surface on the insides of the Downpipe Channels. Yesterday, we filled in…
Setting Things in Place for Fascia Boards
A bit of a catch up blog entry for the last few days of work which has been a bit interrupted… We cut the 10 pieces of fascia for the…