The Inner Leg: Marking the Position and Cutting the First Layer of the Footplate
This afternoon, we went around the whole perimeter and finished marking out where the footplate is going to go. We used a can of spray black paint and an old…
Last Chunk of Material Finally Arrives
Early this morning, the last of our building material arrives! At 8:51am, the lorry came reversing down our Loke, loaded with all our timber planks! They were: 4 large pallets…
Surveying The Inner Footplate On Concrete
This afternoon, we made a measuring tool to allow us to survey the height of the concrete floor around the base of the External Wall, log the results down on…
All Tidied Up!
This afternoon, we finished off the tidy up operation around the base of the External Wall, clearing the last small section of the concrete floor of leaves, dirt and rubble. We…
Tidy Up Day 2 of Clearing Rubble and Leaves
Today, we carried on with the tidy up operation around the base of the Perimeter Wall, to remove leaves, rubble and dirt that has been blown in these last few…
Final Tightening Down of Footplate and Tidy Up Around the Wall
Today was spent tightening the concrete screws on our Footplate on the External Wall. We had to make sure the screws went down and gripped firmly the timber plank into…
Cement Boards Arrives
This afternoon, the cement boards, 70 sheets of 10mm thick by 2400mm x 1200mm, arrived and unloaded onto another prepared patch of ground. In fact, we counted 73 sheets! It…
Remaining Plywood and PolyStyrene Foam Boards Arrives
This morning, we suddenly heard a “beep” “beep” while we were still indoors and discovered that the next delivery load of building material was arriving! Quick! Put on Shoes! Rush…
Finished Mortaring and Bedding down the Footplate
We have done the job of mortaring and setting the Footplate into the right height position, now all the way around the external wall. We mixed up two more loads…
Started Mortaring Timber Footplate to Precise Height and Level
Today, we started the process of bedding down the timber Footplates on the external wall so it is set at a precise height and level above the floor. It took…