Roselea

 Yesterday and today were spent levelling out areas alongside our Loke, so our building materials can be delivered and unloaded. We want to make sure that we can access each…

This morning, we had the confirmation of prices for the rest of the building material for constructing the exterior skin of the house. Nearly everything needed to build the complete…

Today, at last, we have started the ordering process! We have got the last of the prices in and we have selected our suppliers. The first item ordered is 320 sheets…

 Today, while we are still waiting for prices and quotes from the last of our building merchants to come back to us, a new Incinerator was constructed!! It was made…

Well that’s one for Storm Doris! She has caused the 5 metre wooden pole holding the TV aerial and weather station to SNAP! It came down across the roof of our…

We did another test, this time using a sample of the non-creep crossed linked construction grade wood glue. This time, we took pieces of CLS timber, one was left as…

 Over the last couple of days, we have been receiving a number of quotes for our materials. Today, we had a good price from our own local timber merchant (in…

This morning, we went back to our test pieces after having 24 hours to set and cure. The first one under the spotlight is the dry wood: The rubber piece…

 This morning, after tidying up the workshop, we decided to test our new glue to see how good it is in wet conditions. We can easily envisioned situations where we…

Yesterday, we started the process of asking for prices for our material we need. The timber quotes have gone off to lots of suppliers, mostly in Norfolk as timber is…