Week beginning 13th June.
Monday was a slow start as it took us a while to get into the zone and we were still a bit tired from last weeks endeavors.
We started by making the internal walls for the workshop toilet. Then we had to prepare the stacked panels for storage and safe transporting to our plot. This involved screwing bits of wood to the panels so they are all joined together and won’t slide about.
Andrew had to make sure that his machine could lift the heavy stack before we wrapped it in plastic to protect it from the elements.
We also started on the first panel (GF1) for the house. This panel has the window for the guest bathroom and so involved quite a bit of careful measuring and we had to make extra strong lintels compared to those for the workshop. We managed to make the frame by then end of the day.
Today we arrived at 8:30 to start sheeting the panel (GF1) in OSB only to discover that these panels are taller than the workshop ones and so the OSB doesn’t need trimmed in the same way. To fill the time while we waited for Andrew to check how we were to sheet the panel, we cut the studs and lintels for the next panel (GF2)which has the wide but not tall kitchen window in it.
Once Andrew had confirmed how to sheet the panel we managed to get that done fairly quickly. After lunch we built and sheeted the second, kitchen window, panel (GF2) giving us time to move the panel onto the new stack, give the workshop a good clean and put away the tools.
Today we also got our first feedback from building control and luckily we only had to make some minor changes and supply them with additional technical details. Hopefully we can satisfy their requirements and move the project forward on the plot soon.
