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Build Progress First Floor Phase 5

Started Constructing Walls for the Rooms Upstairs

Apr 9, 2024 Shaun

These last two weeks have seen us start work on building the initial framework for the walls for the rooms upstairs. We would like to lay down a “floor-plan” of…

Build Progress Great Room Phase 5 Walls

Constructed Finishing Surfaces for the Walls in Great Room

Mar 27, 2024 Shaun

We spent the last one-and-a-half weeks doing the work of building up the double layers of finishing surfaces for all the walls. Now that the floor is done, we can…

Build Progress Flooring Great Room Phase 5

The Floor Is Completely Filled and Reassembled Permanently

Mar 9, 2024 Shaun

We spent the last two weeks in getting the flooring in our Great Room permanently fixed down at long last. We had originally laid the floorboards down a couple of…

Build Progress Ceiling Great Room Phase 7

Dismantling Of Temporary Flooring

Feb 27, 2024 Shaun

We spent the last couple of days dismantling our very lovely and useful temporary flooring, the false floor that allowed us full and safe access to our sloping ceilings in…

Build Progress Groundworks Phase 6 Utilities

Cut New Trench and Install Conduit for Full Fibre Optic TelComm Cable

Feb 26, 2024 Shaun

We were having an upgrade of our phone and internet connections but the old conduit that we had running from the telegraph pole out on the Loke, going all the…

Build Progress Ceiling Great Room Phase 7

Exposed Rafters Covered in Veneer in Dormer Section Over Conservatory

Feb 20, 2024 Shaun

These last few days had us covering our rafters we have exposed, seven of them, situated over the section where we have our Conservatory, like a Dormer sticking out of…

Build Progress Ceiling Great Room Lighting Phase 5

Great Room Ceiling, Lighting Gantry and Gallery Wall All Prepared and Painted

Feb 15, 2024 Shaun

Since our Christmas break, these last few weeks, we have been working on the upper half of the Great Room, including getting the Gallery’s wall constructed with all its gaps…

Build Progress Great Room Phase 7 Skylights

Finishing the Skylight in Great Room – Part 2

Jan 19, 2024 Shaun

We resumed work on the Skylight on Monday after the Christmas break and we got on with filling all the little staple holes all over the fermacell boards with a…

Holiday Stoppage

Christmas Break !!

Dec 24, 2023 Shaun

We are having a well earnt break from our house building project, to celebrate Christmas and to be with our friends and family. We decided to have a three week…

Build Progress Great Room Phase 7 Skylights

Finishing the Skylight in Great Room – Part 1

Dec 22, 2023 Shaun

One of the areas that need to fully completed, including painting the woodwork, steel cross ties and the walls with paint, is our Skylight in our Great Room. Because this…

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  • Home
  • About
  • Contact Us
  • Design
    • Electricity
    • Energy
      • Solar Electricity
      • Solar Thermal
    • First Floor
    • Garage
    • Ground Floor
    • Ground Works
    • Roof
    • Site
    • Ventilation
    • Walls
    • Water
      • Rain Water
      • Sewage
  • Find Us
  • Pictures
    • Material Samples
    • Temporary Building
  • Plans
    • Structural Engineer Apr 2013
    • Groundworks September 2010
    • Building control May 2010
    • Planning April 10
    • Planning October 09
    • Planning August 2009
  • Tasks
  • Webcam Feed