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…
Footplate Holes Blasted Clean!
This morning, we went around air blasting the 89 holes we drilled yesterday to clear out the rubbish. We undid all the concrete screws and lifted off the timber plank…
Drilling Holes in Exterior wall footplate!!
Today, we went around drilling holes in the footplate we cut yesterday. We were delayed in starting as we had to do a quick indoor job for our manager as…
Cut and Positioned the Timber Footplate on Wall
Finally, we finished off the day by cutting the treated 100mm by 50mm planks to fit on top of the wall, all the way around the Building. We started at…
Measuring Height of Exterior Wall
We spent the afternoon after we had finished doing a “door” for our rain covering house over the stack of plywood, doing a survey of the exterior wall. We wanted…