Chimney Support Arm Is Done and Mounted
This morning we put together the 3D printed plastic sweep bend and connected it to a length of 38mm diameter black pipe going up the middle of the chimney support…
The Kerb Framework Gets First Collection of Timber Posts Installed
Today, we went around with two tubs of short timber pieces, one full of simple 63mm CLS timber pieces and the other full of glued together T shaped timber pieces.…
Chimney Support Arm Gets Second Coat of Black Paint
First thing this morning, the steel Support Arm for the Chimney was painted with its second layer of the black metal weather proof paint again, outside on the step ladder.…
Alignment Template Created for Skylight
And finally, we created a simple alignment tool to help us when we come to install the little pieces of timber for the Skylight framework module. We needed something to…
Chimney Support Arm Receives First Coat of Black Metal Paint
This morning, we ground, rubbed, and cleaned up the steelwork of our new Support Arm for holding up the Chimney on top of our Roof. We then took it outside…
LVL Timber Arrives!
At the crack of dawn this morning, well perhaps not that early but early enough at 7:40am, the delivery of our special LVL timber arrived. LVL is Laminated Veneer Lumber…
Steel Support Arm Created to Hold Up Chimney
This afternoon, in the dry and warm workshop, we cut up various steel pieces, for example, 3 lengths of 50mm by 50mm square tubing, a small length of 50mm by…
Finished Off Putting Up Plywood Panels on I-Beams Before Thunderstorms arrived!
This morning, we went around and finished off mounting the plywood coverings on the Steel I-Beams before the thunderstorm arrives. We did dash in for 15 minutes at around 11:30am…
Inner Plywood Covering Up On I-Beams Starts
It was a gloriously hot day today and the thunderstorm weather front we were originally planning around wasn’t due to arrive until tomorrow so we dashed out there and started…
Sliced Up Polystyrene Foam and Inserted in the I-Beams
Today, we got out our Hot-Wire Cutting Machine to slice up two sheets of our 120mm thick polystyrene foam and also a scrap sheet we had lying around for years,…