We are expecting Molly’s sister, Ishbel, this morning. She is very keen to help and we love having her around. Before she gets here Pete is going to measure and cut the studs for above and below the windows and doors. We have run our of the 300mm structural screws and have had to order… Continue reading Week Thirty-eight -Part Two
Month: February 2023
Week Thirty-eight
Week beginning 20th February 2023. We went to Edinburgh by bus on Friday to collect our car and to see our friend Helena whom we hadn’t seen for ages who was visiting Edinburgh with Art Terry and to show her film Self Isolation Songbook. We really enjoyed the gig at Summerhall and it was a… Continue reading Week Thirty-eight
Week Thirty-seven – Xtra, xtra!
Pride comes before a fall! We are up this morning ready to finish the first stage of batoning the building and things are going well, it doesn’t take us long to get the west gable done and now we are going to do the east. We are just discussing how well it’s going and feeling… Continue reading Week Thirty-seven – Xtra, xtra!
Week Thirty-seven
Week beginning 13th February 2023. By the end of last week we had finished the insulation on the house and had to prepare for our visitors. Our son Eddie was coming with our grandchildren Niven and Caitlin and we wanted our plot to be a little better organised. We moved some of the timber onto… Continue reading Week Thirty-seven
Week Thirty-six
Week beginning 6th February 2023 It’s week thirty-six already and we have made great progress but we are a couple of months behind where we had hoped to be. Today Andrew is here to measure both roofs for their corrugated metal roofing, flashings and guttering. Before we can get started our delivery of insulation arrives… Continue reading Week Thirty-six
Week Thirty-five – Part Two
What a night of relentless rain it has been. Usually we like the sound of rain on the caravan roof, usually it has soothing qualities, but last night it became quite oppressive. It’s still raining this morning and we don’t yet have the extra insulation we have ordered. We are going to call the insulation… Continue reading Week Thirty-five – Part Two
Week Thirty-five
Week beginning 30th January 2023 It’s Monday morning and the weather has improved, although we are told it is the calm before the storm, so we are going to get the next two courses of insulation onto the east elevation. It’s always so much easier and nicer working in the sunshine so we are in… Continue reading Week Thirty-five