Taking Measurements and Getting Quotes for our Triple Glazing Windows in Skylight
We spent the last three days measuring all our Skylight windows so that we can send off for quotations for creating triple glazing units. Now that we have built our…
Built a Temporary Working Platform
We spent the last three days in building a temporary working platform, right across the Great Room so we can access the rafters and get them filled up with insulation,…
The First Floor Roof Rafters All Filled With Insulations, All Covered in OSB!
We only needed these last couple of days to finish off covering up the plastic vapour barrier membrane with our 11mm OSB boards. We completed the “J”, then the “K”…
Visit from Building Control to Inspect What We Have Done
We had a letter in the post a couple of days ago, asking whether we had completed our build yet. It had been several years since we had an inspection…
C is Half Complete, and Progressing on H, I, J, K, L and M With the Glass Wool and Vapour Barrier Installed
For the last two weeks, we have been making steady progress in inserting the horrible glass wool insulation into the roof rafters, filling them up to the brim, and then…
Roof Sections D and E plus Alcove F and G Are All Complete
This week, we resumed our work of inserting glass wool insulation into the roof rafters for the next main sections of the upstairs roof rafters, namely the “D” and “E”…
Completed Section A and B of Roof Rafters
Today saw the conclusion of filling and covering up the rafters in section A and B of our roof. These last few weeks had loads of glass wool being inserted…
Shredded the First Load of Foam Rubbish!
This week, we used our new shredder machine to tackle the mountain of rubbish we have been collecting over the last couple of weeks !! We started this task but…
Progressing with Filling the Roof Rafters with Insulation
We are making steady progress on filling our roof rafters up with the first load of PU foam insulation boards. We have now completed the I section, the H section,…
Shredding Machine Mark 2
Yesterday and today, we built a second generation shredding machine. Our first one had a motor failure because we overdid it. The motor wasn’t rated for continuous use and it…