The Two Ends of Skylight Almost All Done
We resumed the work of completing the two ends of the Skylight today, we had our four triangular pieces ready for installation, after the overnight job of gluing on the…
Ridge Bar Complete and First Four Triangular Glazing Panes Cut
We finished off the installation of the Ridge bar this morning. The last section, the fourth one, was 4.494 metres long and we now have a complete ridge clamping down…
Back of Skylight Glazing Completed and Ridge Bar Almost All Done
This morning we continued with the job of installing the glazing panes along the back of the Skylight and we now have 25 out of the total of 33 “windows”…
Half of the Glazing Completed on Skylight
On this glorious sunny day, we started the job of taking up the glazing panes up to our Skylight! But we had to finish off a single special job of…
25 Rafter Bars Complete with End caps plus 25 Polycarbonate Panes Prepared
This morning, we finished off the task of fixing the End Caps to the set of rafter bars we are preparing for the first batch, mainly for the whole of…
End Caps All Done, First 27 Rafter Bars Also Done
This morning, we finished off the creation of the End Caps for all of the 33 rafters of the Skylight. They had a pilot hole drilled into the sticking out…
All Rubber Gasket strips Fitted and Started Creating End Caps for Rafters
We finished off the installation of the rubber gasket strips on all the rafters and also the complete circuit of the outer rim of the skylight. Then in the workshop,…
Additional Glazing Pressure Bars Created and First of the Rubber Gaskets fitted, along with the Three Support Pillars for Bird Disruptor
This morning, we created a further set of glazing bars for clamping down the fourth edge along the bottom of each window in the Skylight. It is a 20mm wide…
Skylight Framework Fully Assembled and Installed on Roof
Today (and a bit from yesterday), we resumed the assembly of our Skylight framework, working along the front, then along the back side, both towards the right hand end and…
Half of Skylight is Assembled
Today, this afternoon, we resumed the job of assembling the bits and pieces to build our Skylight module. We went around the left end of the skylight and along the…