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Build Progress Garage Lighting Phase 1

Light Chamber Complete

Feb 25, 2011 Shaun

The full Light Chamber is now complete, all 20metres of it, going right around the three sides of the garage room, starting from the front left corner, down the left…

Build Progress Garage Lighting Phase 1

Building the Lights

Feb 23, 2011 Shaun

Today and yesterday, we have been slicing up leftovers to create our light chamber around the edge of the main garage room. We bought two rolls of aluminium foil to…

Build Progress Garage Phase 1 Walls

All Shelving Uprights are Up!

Feb 21, 2011 Shaun

Today we finished putting up the metal shelving uprights. The extra ones we needed came today in the post so all the four walls now have some shelves on them.…

Build Progress Garage Phase 1 Walls

Fully Slotted!

Feb 20, 2011 Shaun

We have finished slicing the walls up! All the slots for all the metal upright brackets are now done and ready for them. There are in total 64 individual uprights…

Build Progress Garage Phase 1 Walls

Slicing the Walls Up!

Feb 17, 2011 Shaun

We have been slicing up the walls in the last three days! We have cut out the windows (again) to let in the daylight, trimmed around the counter weight panels…

Materials

Framing Staples

Feb 14, 2011 Stephen

The staples we are using to hold the Fermacell up are heavy duty wide crown staples. The crown in just under half an inch (11.1mm) and the wire is 1.5mm square.…

Build Progress Garage Phase 1 Walls

Fermacell Mounted!

Feb 13, 2011 Shaun

We have spent the last three days putting up the Fermacell sheets on the walls of the garage. Virtually all four walls of the front half of the garage is…

Build Progress Materials Phase 2

Monster Plastic shopping Order finished!

Feb 11, 2011 Shaun

After all the analysis of design and everything, we come to a final list of plastic pipes, tubes and crates. It adds up to over £6500! The lion share are…

Build Progress Materials Phase 2

Monster Plastic Shopping Order

Feb 9, 2011 Shaun

We have been working on building up a shopping list of all the plastic pipework, crates and other plastic items. We were told that the prices for these will be…

Build Progress

The Board Lifter

Feb 3, 2011 Stephen

We have bought a special lifting machine designed to raise sheets of material upto ceilings. The supporting arms can tilt in most directions allowing the board to be fitted to sloping…

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Roselea

A DIY Selfbuild by Stephen, Shaun & Daphne

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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