Glass Fibre + Resin Treatment Starts
We started today with the mammoth task of applying the protective waterproof layer and to provide the high strength structural element for our rain filter module. This is achieved by…
A DIY Selfbuild by Stephen, Shaun & Daphne
Construction of External Skin of House: External Walls, Roof and Skylight. Slate tiles on roof and timber cladding on walls.
We started today with the mammoth task of applying the protective waterproof layer and to provide the high strength structural element for our rain filter module. This is achieved by…
We started the day off with the task of rubbing all the places where we had put the filler. But we discovered that we needed more wooden triangular battens in…
Today, we finished off putting wooden battens, some of them triangular shapes around in various locations, for example, the dirty water filter support rim and the support bar across the…
This is a report to summarise the work we have been doing for the last twelve days, in creating a filtration system for all the rain water collected off the…
In these two weeks, there was a big disruption and stoppage to our work. The first week had only one successful day of work and that when we got the…
Yesterday, we wanted to test the pipework that we installed (for the rainwater collection off the roof) two years ago and make sure that the position of the ends of…
This afternoon (after being diverted in the morning to other commitments) we started the next stage of dealing with the rain water coming off the roofs (main house and garage),…
This morning, under a cloudy sky, we unveiled our spanking brand new Skylight to the world!! We went and pulled off all the final protective cling film coverings off the…
We carried on making the second of the two special end caps for the ridge bar, shaped to cover over the five rafters all coming into one point at the…
This morning, we finished off the last three rafters on the right hand end of the Skylight (two diagonals and a straight) and put on the last four aluminium edge…