Sometimes it’s the simple things …
The back wall of the garage is very close to the fence and will need to be made in one piece and stood up as the will be no access…
It’s getting dark!
With the nights drawing in and the clock going back on Sunday we decided to put up some floodlights! A quick shopping trip gave us 4 x 400W lights which…
Joining OSB Sheets
The structural surface of the garage roof is made from 18mm OSB sheets. The rafters run from front to back and the OSB will run side to side. All edges…
Unmuddy the loke
I don’t know if the word exists but we relaid the surface of the loke just before our new drive. After all the trucks last week the end of the loke…
New path to the new front door
One of the last groundwork tasks finished. We laid paving slabs from the front door to the loke. The wonder of a diamond saw allowed us to make a neat…
Tons of wood delivered
Yes we mean that literally! Over 8 tons of timber has been delivered today. Some of it was special ordered so we got a whole pack of it, which is…
High contrast surfaces
Shaun noticed that there was a high contrast between the wax covered slab (nearly white) and the asphalt drive (dark grey)!
Sawn the concrete
As advised we cut saw slots in our nice pristine concrete slab, this is to allow the concrete to crack in a predefined place if the ‘plastic shrinkage’ exceed the tensile…
Materials Storage Area prepared
We finished off the materials storage area today. This where we will put all the bulk deliveries of timber and other building supplies. A week ago we flattened the triangle…
Removed slab formwork
As requested by Kevin we removed the formwork from the slab this morning. The slab as set hard already and can be walked on… though it is very slippery where…