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Build Progress Garage Phase 1

Thermometer Probes for Controlling the Home Environment

Oct 27, 2011 Shaun

the Home environment needs controlling to maintain efficiency and best use of the resources so thermometer probes are needed to find out what the air con unit is doing so…

Build Progress Phase 1 Temporary Accommodations

Shelves For Bedrooms

Oct 26, 2011 Shaun

We pulled out all the old Melamine white shelving we rescued from our old shop fittings and sorted out the best ones for putting into our new bedrooms. They were…

Build Progress Phase 1 Temporary Accommodations

Carpets All Cleaned!

Oct 26, 2011 Shaun

This morning we hired a heavy duty carpet cleaner from B&Q. It is an upright all-in-one hoover, pressure washer and vibrator machine! The red carpet in bedroom 3 came up…

Build Progress Phase 1 Temporary Accommodations

Carpets all finished

Oct 25, 2011 Shaun

The underlay came today (ungodly hour of 7:10am this morning!) so that was good! We proceeded to cover the floors in all four rooms with this polyurethane 8mm thick foam…

Build Progress Phase 1 Temporary Accommodations

Carpets, Carpets and Carpets

Oct 24, 2011 Shaun

We pulled out all our old and left over pieces, from storage, of carpets rescued from previous homes! One of them had a totally “falling apart to dust” foam backing,…

Build Progress Phase 1 Temporary Accommodations

Day 4 of building up Floors

Oct 24, 2011 Shaun

The final room, bedroom 3, was completed today!

Build Progress Phase 1 Temporary Accommodations

Flooring Day 3

Oct 23, 2011 Shaun

Bedroom 1 was completed today and also bedroom 2! Just bedroom 3 to go! Then it’s carpets time!

Build Progress Phase 1 Temporary Accommodations

Floor Laying Day 2

Oct 22, 2011 Shaun

We completed the Lounge today with the two layers of the hardboard sheets being laid down. The second layer was glued down to minimise slippage. Bedroom 1 is now two…

Build Progress Phase 1 Temporary Accommodations

The Final Painting Task is finally done!

Oct 22, 2011 Shaun

The doorways in the corridor had their final white touch up done to create a nice and crisp edging around each door frame. We were talking today whether a little…

Build Progress Phase 1 Temporary Accommodations

Flooring Surface is Laid!

Oct 21, 2011 Shaun

The rooms in the temporary living quarters started having their final flooring laid down. A layer of 50mm polystyrene foam sheets, with two layers of 3.6mm hardboard on top. The…

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  • Home
  • About
  • Contact Us
  • Design
    • Electricity
    • Energy
      • Solar Electricity
      • Solar Thermal
    • First Floor
    • Garage
    • Ground Floor
    • Ground Works
    • Roof
    • Site
    • Ventilation
    • Walls
    • Water
      • Rain Water
      • Sewage
  • Find Us
  • Pictures
    • Material Samples
    • Temporary Building
  • Plans
    • Structural Engineer Apr 2013
    • Groundworks September 2010
    • Building control May 2010
    • Planning April 10
    • Planning October 09
    • Planning August 2009
  • Tasks
  • Webcam Feed