Dolly’s Created to help transport our Slates
After having a major tidy-up in the workshop (to clear away the tools and mess from building our filtration module), we started on making various pieces of equipment to help…
Trial Run in Working with our Slate Tiles
We constructed a small test rig, to reflect the design and placement of the two layers of the wooden battens to be on our roof and then played with a…
The Last Four Pallets of Slates Arrive
Sometime during the afternoon, we had the delivery of the remaining four pallets of our slates and they were unloaded alongside our Loke, following the line as we intended, but…
First Batch of Slates Arrive
We had a delivery of the remaining timber battens, 720 metres of 38mm by 25mm sized lengths, but actually, we only got 714 metres so they short-changed us by 6…
Slates on Section D and E Completed and Preparing the Guttering on Last Section At Last
In these two weeks, there was a big disruption and stoppage to our work. The first week had only one successful day of work and that when we got the…
Skylight Unveiled!
This morning, under a cloudy sky, we unveiled our spanking brand new Skylight to the world!! We went and pulled off all the final protective cling film coverings off the…
Ridge Bar All Rain Protected and Bird Disruptor Created and Installed
We carried on making the second of the two special end caps for the ridge bar, shaped to cover over the five rafters all coming into one point at the…
All Rafters Now Covered with the White Rain Guard
This morning, we finished off the last three rafters on the right hand end of the Skylight (two diagonals and a straight) and put on the last four aluminium edge…
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…