A DIY Selfbuild by Stephen, Shaun & Daphne
Building the internal framework of all the rooms, 1st floor joists and gallery.
This also includes building the sound proof Entertainment Room.
Plus also installation of insulation, OSB boards and construction framework for upstairs rooms too
Continuing with Bedroom 3, this week we installed more various elements into the wall and floor structure to provide additional functionality to the operation within the room like, for example,…
We continued with the work on Bedroom 3 and getting the floor, walls and windows ready. Whilst we are waiting for the deliveries, we got on with finishing the windows…
At last! The arrival of the twin-walled plastic conduits tubing has occurred today this morning! But not all of it! We ordered three different sizes: 100mm, 63mm and 40mm diameters…
This Monday morning saw the arrival of the electric motor, the gearbox, chain, cog wheels and the electronic controller. All this equipment is going into the Stair Lift unit to…
We started the new week, after completing our staircase in just four days, by fixing up the metal joist bracket to the stringers at the top of the stairs. We…
We started on our next task on Wednesday, to design, create the parts and then build the staircase, all in just four days! The first job was to get our…
To finish off filling in the outer walls, and to provide a vapour barrier too stop moisture getting into our timber elements, we proceeded to cover up the glass wool…
We spent a day or so making an air duct that will extract the hot air from the Conservatory. It needed to go inside the wall between the window and…
In preparation for filling and covering the walls we went around and planed off any of the plywood spacers between inner and outer wall posts which were sticking out from…
We spent these last four days putting in extra insulation foam boards over the top of all the doors and windows. We needed to do this first because when the…