Exterior Larch Cladding and Oak Frames Cleaned and Oiled
In the glorious sunshine, while it was far too hot indoors, we decided to start one of our Summer job now. We needed to do some serious maintenance to our…
First Stage of Improving Our Skylight Windows
Today, on this lovely sunny Monday, we took the opportunity to go up on our roof, to our Skylight Windows, to do some upgrades and improve the windows. We have…
Constructed Finishing Surfaces for the Walls in Great Room
We spent the last one-and-a-half weeks doing the work of building up the double layers of finishing surfaces for all the walls. Now that the floor is done, we can…
Skylight Double Glazing Units – Part 2
These last two weeks saw the installation of all our double-glazing units up into our long Skylight at long last. But one of the last pieces of preparation work to…
Skylight Double Glazing Units – Part 1
We started the new week by tackling the task of installing our new double glazed units up in our Skylight. We have twenty-two units to put up, 8 triangles and…
Finally Installed the Last of the Utility Connections for Outside Expansion
While we were waiting for some replacement router tongue and groove cutters, we decided to get on and finish the final piece of work we started last year in May,…
Vapour Barrier Plastic Membrane Installed (Part 1)
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…
Conservatory Air Duct Built Inside Wall
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…
Glass Wool Fills the Air Space in Outer Walls
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…
Extra Framework and Insulation Over Doors and Windows
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…