Category Archives: Projects

Taking advantage of the later daylight now we’ve switched to BST, this evening the observatory has started to take on the appearance, if not the temperature, of a sauna 🙂 It is in fact quite chilly out there are the … Continue reading →

Seems a long time since my last “design” post (and indeed it is — nine months or thereabouts), but that’s largely because I’ve not had to think too much about what I was doing. Once the basic plan was decided … Continue reading →

Late last week I needed some timber from the builders’ merchant for another job, and to get them to deliver it I decided to order the ply for lining the internal walls. That wasn’t supposed to turn up until tomorrow, … Continue reading →

My 50th construction post! Saturday was spent outside in the sun dealing with other domestic chores, but the sudden drop in temperature on Sunday meant no-one else wanted to be outdoors for any longer than they absolutely had to be, … Continue reading →

Not a huge amount of progress this weekend because the main priority was replacing the cover on the polytunnel. I did at least manage to get the rest of the door liner completed and dropped the height of the internal … Continue reading →

Since I’ve decided I need to get on with the door I thought I’d best look out some timber for the lining and decide what to do about a threshold. I dithered over the latter a fair bit before remembering … Continue reading →

Today started out a bit cloudy, but generally sunny and warm.  Pretty much t-shirt weather, in fact, had the wind been a little less gusty.  Obviously therefore it was time to get some outside jobs done.  Unfortunately heavy rain has … Continue reading →

Weather that started merely unpleasant turned to completely horrible throughout the course of the day, so whilst keeping an eye on the rugby I’ve been finishing off insulating the outside walls of the warm room. The additional insulation I needed … Continue reading →

It’s been another unpleasant weekend weather-wise (pretty much for everyone in the UK and Ireland by the looks of the news), but I eventually forced myself to get outside and do a little work on the observatory. The first job … Continue reading →