Finished Bringing Gutters Back to Fresh Colours and All Oiled
We started the week with the continuing task of cleaning the gutters and fascia. After being exposed to the sun and weather for at least 5 months and in some…
Inspecting the Gutters, Sealed the Metal Mesh Edge and Starting to clean and oil them.
We started our week on a Tuesday after having a day off for Easter. We finished off applying the black yukky mastic stuff to the top edge of the Slate…
Slate Skirt Complete
By Tuesday lunch time, we had finished gluing up all the Slates that forms the Skirt on the wall running right around the house. Some 300 slates were stuck onto…
Slate Skirt Continues to Half Way
We started the week reviewing our complete set of task lists, removing those ones that we have done, and adding new ones plus doing some other chores like shopping. So…
Creation of Slate Skirt Progresses
On Monday we went off to the local DIY store to buy a sheet of 75mm thick polystyrene foam board and we made a little portable “hot wire” cutter! We…
Oak Windows Frames Ready, Slate Ribbon Started
We resumed the task of getting our Oak Window Frames prepared, ready to be inserted into the house. The next job was to waterproof the inner section of the frames…
All Window Frames Created and Installed New Better Looking Fencing for Loke
For the start of the new week, we sanded down all the wood filler we had applied to the Sill and Header pieces where there were small knot holes and…
New Version of Larch Cladding Scorcher Machine created, Eves Got Second Coat of Black and Windows are Progressing
We started our new week in the workshop to continue developing the scorching machine. We decided to completely dismantle our first version and start over again. Using our new found…
Larch Cladding Timber Oiled and Burnt in Various Ways!
Monday was the day we finished off gluing the octagon “wings” together and we now have a pile of 24 wings (and one spare just in case). They are not…
All Cladding Battens are Up and Oak Windows Jigsaw Coming Together
We resumed the task of putting up the cladding support battens in, around and under the two Porches, i.e. the Side Door and the Front Door sections. We had to…