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Build Progress Garage

Sheet Material Rack

Mar 18, 2011 Shaun

Today we made a set of shelves 8feet by 4feet to hold all the left over sheet materials. It consist of 7 separate shelves starting 600mm off the floor and…

Build Progress Garage Phase 1

Shelves

Mar 14, 2011 Shaun

Today we sliced up 10 sheets of 18mm OSB boards into a whole collection of shelves! We planned to have 600mm deep shelves for our boxes on the right side…

Build Progress Garage Phase 1

Light Levels – final conclusions

Mar 14, 2011 Shaun

we did some more illumination tests and discovered that the reading is now 325lux, a drop of about 5lux after we have painted the ceiling with the Absolute White. We…

Build Progress Garage Phase 1

Utility Rail backing strip

Mar 14, 2011 Shaun

We put in the 100mm wide strips into the back of the Utility Rail to cover up the glass wool. We will use shoulder dresser hooks or in other words…

Build Progress Garage Phase 1

Paint Glorious Paint!

Mar 12, 2011 Shaun

The final coat for the ceiling was put on this morning! The special flavour paint came yesterday and we collected it from Jewson, called Dulux Absolute White! It is stated…

Build Progress Garage Lighting Phase 1

We Have Lights!

Mar 11, 2011 Shaun

All ten tubes are up and installed right around the Light Channel in the large front room of the Garage. Each T5 tube produces about 5000 lumens as stated on…

Build Progress Garage Lighting Phase 1

4 out of 10 Tubes done!

Mar 10, 2011 Shaun

The electric cables (mains and control lines) are in place inside the Light Channel. Four of the 10 tubes are installed. A light switch is wired in beside the internal…

Build Progress Garage Phase 1

Paint 6!

Mar 10, 2011 Shaun

The final touch up on the metal uprights is done! At last! It is looking as if the rust problem is solved! Hurray!

Build Progress Garage Phase 1

Electrics for the Lighting

Mar 9, 2011 Shaun

The lighting wiring has been started today for the ten fluorescent T5 tubes, controlled by five electronic dimmable ballast. There will be a momentary switch control to operate the dimming…

Build Progress Garage Phase 1

Paint 4!

Mar 9, 2011 Shaun

Today we paid attention to the problem we are having with some of the metal shelving uprights. We rubbed them all down to get down to bare metal in some…

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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