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Build Progress Phase 4 Rainwater

Tested Rainwater Pipes, Finalising Design of Rain Filtration Module and Sliced Sheet of Plywood for Roof

Oct 10, 2018 Shaun

Yesterday, we wanted to test the pipework that we installed (for the rainwater collection off the roof) two years ago and make sure that the position of the ends of…

Build Progress Filtration Module Groundworks Phase 4 Rainwater

Dug Hole for Filtration Module

Oct 8, 2018 Shaun

This afternoon (after being diverted in the morning to other commitments) we started the next stage of dealing with the rain water coming off the roofs (main house and garage),…

Build Progress Phase 4 Skylights

Skylight Unveiled!

Oct 6, 2018 Shaun

This morning, under a cloudy sky, we unveiled our spanking brand new Skylight to the world!! We went and pulled off all the final protective cling film coverings off the…

Build Progress Phase 4 Skylights

Ridge Bar All Rain Protected and Bird Disruptor Created and Installed

Oct 5, 2018 Shaun

We carried on making the second of the two special end caps for the ridge bar, shaped to cover over the five rafters all coming into one point at the…

Build Progress Phase 4 Skylights

All Rafters Now Covered with the White Rain Guard

Oct 4, 2018 Shaun

This morning, we finished off the last three rafters on the right hand end of the Skylight (two diagonals and a straight) and put on the last four aluminium edge…

Build Progress Phase 4 Skylights

The Two Ends of Skylight Almost All Done

Oct 3, 2018 Shaun

We resumed the work of completing the two ends of the Skylight today, we had our four triangular pieces ready for installation, after the overnight job of gluing on the…

Build Progress Phase 4 Skylights

Ridge Bar Complete and First Four Triangular Glazing Panes Cut

Oct 2, 2018 Shaun

We finished off the installation of the Ridge bar this morning. The last section, the fourth one, was 4.494 metres long and we now have a complete ridge clamping down…

Build Progress Phase 4 Skylights

Back of Skylight Glazing Completed and Ridge Bar Almost All Done

Oct 1, 2018 Shaun

This morning we continued with the job of installing the glazing panes along the back of the Skylight and we now have 25 out of the total of 33 “windows”…

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…

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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