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…
Received 450 square metres of geotextile
We have today recieved two rolls of geotextile! Each is 2.25m wide by 100m long! These are bargin purchases because they are “seconds”. We plan to use them as liners…
Shingles or Shakes ?
We have been looking at the sample panels for the last few days. There is agrement that the Shakes look just a little too rustic… So it will be shingles…
Samples of Western Red Cedar for roof and walls.
We can’t decide exactly which style of Cedar to use to clad the walls. So we bought a bundle each of Shingles & Shakes and a few planks of Tounge and Groove…
Cedar Shingles – importing direct.
I’m looking at ways to save money on the materials for the build (isn’t everybody). I have found a Canadian firm who ship shingles to England. For the over 400m2…
Buying materials for Temp Building
B&Q are having a 15% off everything sale this weekend. So we have bought the materials for the Temporary Living space this weekend. We got 35% off on the OSB &…