End Caps All Done, First 27 Rafter Bars Also Done
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…
All Rubber Gasket strips Fitted and Started Creating End Caps for Rafters
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,…
Additional Glazing Pressure Bars Created and First of the Rubber Gaskets fitted, along with the Three Support Pillars for Bird Disruptor
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…
Skylight Framework Fully Assembled and Installed on Roof
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…
Half of Skylight is Assembled
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…
Drawing Up the Quantity of Slate tiles Plus Accessories
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…
Assembly of Skylight Starts ..
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…
Final Bit of Preparation on Skylight Joints and Scaffolding Towers Sorted
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…
Two Days of Skylight and Kerb Preparations
Yesterday and today, we got down to the task of preparing our Skylight framework and all its individual pieces, to get them ready to be installed up on the top…
Day 2 and 3 of Covering Framework With White Layer
Yesterday and today, we continued with the task of coating the white top coat of the polyester resin on the wooden framework of the Skylight. We finally finished it today…