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Garage

Storing things behind the garage.

Nov 11, 2010 Stephen

There will be a small (200mm/8inch) space between the back wall of the garage and the boundary fence. We want to use this for storing those awkward things like ladders!…

Materials

Stainless steeel mesh

Nov 11, 2010 Stephen

We have bought a roll of stainless steel expanded mesh to use for insect screening in the ventilation gaps around the building. We also plan to cover all of the…

Garage Materials

Cement boards arrive early!

Nov 11, 2010 Stephen

The cement boards arrive a day early. The lorry was too high to come down the loke, so we took the trolley up tothe top of the loke. When we…

Materials

Oak Timber has arrived!

Nov 10, 2010 Shaun

Our cubic metre of English Oak has arrived today just before Lunch. There were the two old sleepers we ordered as well just to see what they are like! The…

Build Progress Garage Phase 1 Walls

Cement Boards are coming!

Nov 10, 2010 Shaun

We phoned today and were told that our cement boards will be delivered this Friday! Well we will see won’t we!?! Fingers crossed!

Build Progress Garage Phase 1 Walls

Preparing the front wall

Nov 10, 2010 Shaun

We are continuing to build up piles of timber and pieces of jigsaw pieces ready for the day (or days) after the cement boards comes! We have been working on…

Equipment and Tools

Nail gun arrives

Nov 9, 2010 Stephen

Our new nail gun was delivered today (quite quick!). This gun comes with two tips,one allows you to drive standard nails into timber for joints and panel fixing, the other…

Equipment and Tools

Ordered new Nail gun

Nov 5, 2010 Shaun

This morning we did some research looking for a nailing gun which will allow us to nail metal plates onto timber as well as the usual wood joining plus the…

Build Progress Garage Materials Phase 1

Cement Boards delays!

Nov 5, 2010 Shaun

The supplier for the cement boards are being very slow in delivering them. We found out today that they are waiting for other orders to come in, to make it…

Build Progress Garage Phase 1 Walls

Stack of Cut Timber

Nov 5, 2010 Shaun

We spend the afternoon cutting up most of the timber for the left side and the right side of the garage. We are still awaiting the cement boards to come…

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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