Front and Side Doors Porches Being Prepared
This morning, we buried three sets of concrete blocks to support three legs which will soon be in place to brace the Front Porch. We didn’t put up the new…
Front Porch’s Long Beam Is Created
After we had finished the rafters, we got on with making the long beam that will form the porch for the Front Extension, overhanging the front door and Entertainment window.…
We Have N and K All Completed
Today, in some lovely sunshine but with a chilly wind, we concluded the installation of the five “N” rafters and twelve “K” rafters! This, finally, at last, sees the end…
Bevel Angles Sliced On K Rafters and Small Tidy Up On Last Five N Rafters
This morning, we did the final stage of preparing the completed rafters before they will go out and installed up into the Roof. The “K” section, twelve rafters (ten full…
All O and Half of N Rafters Are Installed and The Final Four of K Are Now Made!
We started the day off, in the morning sunshine, by installing the rest of the “O” Rafters (six of them) and doing the first three of the “N” rafters before…
Covering of Section I and J Roof is Progressing
This week, we continued with the task of nailing up rows and rows of battens on top of the breathable plastic membrane on the I and J section of the…
A Quick Three Rafters Installed Before Rain Arrives and Half of K Rafters Created
In between rain showers, when the sun came out this morning, we got outside to firstly bring in six sheets of our 12mm plywood from our main stack (after these…
N and O Have Been Bevelled, and K Now Being Prepared
With the wet weather outside, we stayed dry in the workshop and carried on with the task of slicing angled bevel ends on the fourteen rafters we have already made,…
Four More Rafters Are Up and Bevel Slicing Troubles!
This morning, after a slight delay, we got outside and reassembled our platform on our tower and got up four more rafters to almost finish off the “P” section of…
Measured “K” Section and Created Last Two Rafters for “N”
This afternoon, after the morning was occupied with other tasks, we got outside to firstly, rescue our fallen scaffolding tower, to push it back upright again. We did take off…