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Build Progress Phase 4 Walls

Continuing Insulation into Walls

Feb 1, 2020 Shaun

At the start of the week, we needed to make sure that we had all the required cladding support battens in place, especially around the drainpipes. The cladding needs something…

Build Progress Equipment and Tools Phase 4 Walls

Foam Board Slicer Created and Started Putting Insulation into Walls around Entertainment Room

Jan 25, 2020 Shaun

This week, we created a machine to slice up our pile of random insulation sheets (which can be up to 150 mm thick) and started putting them into the walls…

Build Progress Phase 4 Walls

Sealing the Cement Boards on Walls

Jan 14, 2020 Shaun

After our Christmas and New Year celebrations, we resumed work this week with the outstanding task of sealing all the cement boards covering the walls of the house. We resumed…

Build Progress Phase 4 Walls

Sealing Up Cement Board Joints

Dec 14, 2019 Shaun

With Christmas fast approaching, with various interruptions occurring, we had only managed to do a couple of days of work. We got on with the task of sealing all the…

Build Progress Eves Phase 4 Site Maintenance

Performed Site Tidy-up and Maintenance plus Preparation and Spraying Black Paint Under the Eves

Dec 7, 2019 Shaun

After our conclusion of the slates on the roof (the front porch section) on Monday, we finished dismantling of all the remaining platform modules apart from two full height modules…

Build Progress Phase 4 Roof Slates

Roof Section C Complete

Dec 2, 2019 Shaun

On this very chilly Monday morning, and a bit of the afternoon too, we finished off putting slates on the last section of roof, the “C” section which is our…

Build Progress Eves Phase 4 Roof

Sealing the Roof boards to Walls and Cleaning the Eves

Nov 30, 2019 Shaun

After finishing dismantling the excess platform modules and the lift hoist shaft, we got on with the task of preparing the Eves, ready to be painted. But the week saw…

Build Progress Phase 4 Roof Tidy Up

House Banner Design Progresses and Dismantling of Platform Modules

Nov 23, 2019 Shaun

We are working on a design for a house banner, located over our front door porch facing our Loke. We want to cut the design into our slates and then…

Build Progress Phase 4 Roof Slates

Roof Section H Complete!

Nov 21, 2019 Shaun

We start the week with the left-over task of moving the Larch Timber inside our house to get it under cover. It was two and a half tons of wood…

Build Progress Cladding Materials Phase 4 Walls

The Larch Timber for Wall Cladding Arrives

Nov 18, 2019 Shaun

Today saw the arrival of our Larch wall cladding timber! But it was most unexpected and the first sign that it was coming, was a phone call from the driver…

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Roselea

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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