Category Archives: Projects

Today I had a bit of a tidy up to clear away tools and materials that I probably don’t need in the near future, another trip round with the hoover and sealed all the joins between the ply in the … Continue reading →

More progress today, though I was slowed a little by having to share resources with my father-in-law who was making some new doors for the polytunnel. First up was finishing off the last pier which was pretty straightforward.  Then I … Continue reading →

Today has largely been spent working with power tools.  The first job was to drill all the holes (both top and bottom) in the next set of blocks to make up the piers.  To void blowing out the inside of … Continue reading →

A bit of an unsatisfying day. My intention was to remove all the screws holding down the rails for the roof and seal all the holes to stop water getting in, removing one of the rails that has leaked in … Continue reading →

Twilight is fading now and another check of the white LEDs suggests they’ll be quite adequate for the job, so I’ll look at getting another strip (it won’t need to be anywhere near as long this time) for the warm … Continue reading →

What a busy (and lovely) day it has been! Painting the scope room was first thing on the agenda.  I bought the paint earlier in the week.  I was looking for something reasonably dark for the scope room and having … Continue reading →

This evening I’ve had a bit of a “tidying up” session in the observatory. All the spare materials and tools have been moved to the warm room and the scope room is now completely empty and swept. Hoovered, even. That … Continue reading →

Needing a “proper” way to hold the rolling roof in place I had a hunt around and found these latches: I bought them from Amazon, but they seem to be pretty much everywhere. There are a number of different sizes … Continue reading →

I’ve had a little time before darkness falls during the evenings this week to make some more progress with the wall lining. All the channel for the LED strip lighting has been fitted into place (though I may well remove … Continue reading →

A little at a time over the last week I’ve been lining the internal walls of the observatory, often just a couple of pieces in the evening. That has allowed me to finish off the insulation in the internal wall … Continue reading →