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Build Progress Phase 4 Skylights

Half of the Glazing Completed on Skylight

Sep 29, 2018 Shaun

On this glorious sunny day, we started the job of taking up the glazing panes up to our Skylight! But we had to finish off a single special job of…

Build Progress Phase 4 Skylights

25 Rafter Bars Complete with End caps plus 25 Polycarbonate Panes Prepared

Sep 27, 2018 Shaun

This morning, we finished off the task of fixing the End Caps to the set of rafter bars we are preparing for the first batch, mainly for the whole of…

Build Progress Phase 4 Skylights

End Caps All Done, First 27 Rafter Bars Also Done

Sep 26, 2018 Shaun

This morning, we finished off the creation of the End Caps for all of the 33 rafters of the Skylight. They had a pilot hole drilled into the sticking out…

Build Progress Phase 4 Skylights

All Rubber Gasket strips Fitted and Started Creating End Caps for Rafters

Sep 25, 2018 Shaun

We finished off the installation of the rubber gasket strips on all the rafters and also the complete circuit of the outer rim of the skylight. Then in the workshop,…

Build Progress Phase 4 Skylights

Additional Glazing Pressure Bars Created and First of the Rubber Gaskets fitted, along with the Three Support Pillars for Bird Disruptor

Sep 24, 2018 Shaun

This morning, we created a further set of glazing bars for clamping down the fourth edge along the bottom of each window in the Skylight. It is a 20mm wide…

Build Progress Phase 4 Skylights

Skylight Framework Fully Assembled and Installed on Roof

Sep 22, 2018 Shaun

Today (and a bit from yesterday), we resumed the assembly of our Skylight framework, working along the front, then along the back side, both towards the right hand end and…

Build Progress Phase 4 Skylights

Half of Skylight is Assembled

Sep 20, 2018 Shaun

Today, this afternoon, we resumed the job of assembling the bits and pieces to build our Skylight module. We went around the left end of the skylight and along the…

Build Progress Orders and Procurement Phase 4 Roof

Drawing Up the Quantity of Slate tiles Plus Accessories

Sep 20, 2018 Shaun

Yesterday morning and this morning, we continued with the calculations for the Slates and all the accessories to cover our roof. A 18 page spreadsheet was used to quantify the…

Build Progress Phase 4 Skylights

Assembly of Skylight Starts ..

Sep 19, 2018 Shaun

Yesterday we started on the task of installing and assembling our Skylight framework for real, right on top of our roof – at last! The first job was to finish…

Build Progress Phase 4 Skylights

Final Bit of Preparation on Skylight Joints and Scaffolding Towers Sorted

Sep 17, 2018 Shaun

This morning, we used our new tool for the first time (a power file – a spinning little belt sander) to clean out the slots in all the various framework…

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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