First Delivery Arrives – 300 Sheets of Plywood
Today, we had our first delivery of the huge order of building materials we got coming, namely the 300 sheets of the 12mm plywood. It should have been 330 sheets…
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.
Today, we had our first delivery of the huge order of building materials we got coming, namely the 300 sheets of the 12mm plywood. It should have been 330 sheets…
This morning, we had the confirmation of prices for the rest of the building material for constructing the exterior skin of the house. Nearly everything needed to build the complete…
Today, at last, we have started the ordering process! We have got the last of the prices in and we have selected our suppliers. The first item ordered is 320 sheets…
We did another test, this time using a sample of the non-creep crossed linked construction grade wood glue. This time, we took pieces of CLS timber, one was left as…
Over the last couple of days, we have been receiving a number of quotes for our materials. Today, we had a good price from our own local timber merchant (in…
This morning, we went back to our test pieces after having 24 hours to set and cure. The first one under the spotlight is the dry wood: The rubber piece…
This morning, after tidying up the workshop, we decided to test our new glue to see how good it is in wet conditions. We can easily envisioned situations where we…
Yesterday, we started the process of asking for prices for our material we need. The timber quotes have gone off to lots of suppliers, mostly in Norfolk as timber is…
Yesterday and early this morning, we carried on with the analysis of the Sky Light module and what it needs. We were discussing moisture control and making sure we can…
We continued with the task of picking out all the individual pieces of the roof structure, completing the analysis on the structural beams (ridge, hip and valley beams). These beams…