Category Archives: Projects

I hadn’t realised that we have a bank holiday weekend coming up, so in the hope that I’ll have a little more time available I decided to get some of the parts for the rolling roof ordered. First up are … Continue reading →

A last bit of frame building before I get onto other work. Probably getting the roof sorted so it can be made passably weatherproof. The internal warm room wall is now in place, with a door to get in and … Continue reading →

Tough day at the coal face, and I felt a bit “glow in the dark” as a result. The forecast was predicting 28C and I’d not be surprised if it didn’t go a bit higher than that. However, using a … Continue reading →

After validating my choice of wall height there wasn’t much time left, but I was determined to make some visible change no matter how small. I had a few bits of scrap 18mm ply that used to be part of … Continue reading →

Evidence-based design always being best, between showers I managed to get the tripod and NEQ6 set up, with a bit of malformed roofing batten as a pointer that I could set at the level of the top of the 1500mm … Continue reading →

Catching up with progress, another late evening saw all of the timbers in to support the floor. Everything that rests on the concrete blocks is wrapped in DPC material to try to prevent it drawing up any damp from the … Continue reading →

A little progress so far this week. On Monday evening I finished wrapping the timbers in DPC, then cut most of the joists to length. My intention is to have them at 400mm spacing, but quite how they’re arranged depends … Continue reading →

During this week I made up all the shuttering for the three pier foundations and put it in place, backfilling around the outside to support it when it was filled with concrete. I also made up jigs to hold the … Continue reading →