Week beginning 27th March 2023. Where does all the time go? Another Monday morning and the sun is shining and the clocks have changed to `British Summer Time’ so if necessary we can work on with the extra hour of light. The first batch of tin for our roofs has arrived so if we get… Continue reading Week Forty-three.
Month: March 2023
Week Forty-two – Part Two
It’s a right dreich day so it’s inside work for us, for now. Pete is finishing taping the last few trusses up at the apex and Molly is foaming betweene the ring beams. This task is a legacy from when we first put the timber frames and trusses up. The midfloors which make the mezzanine’s… Continue reading Week Forty-two – Part Two
Week Forty-two.
Week beginning 20th March 2023. Since we didn’t post a ‘part two’ to our blog last week here’s a wee catch-up of what happened between then and now. On Thursday morning Kathleen helped Molly cut out some templates of the shower trays we had bought ages ago to help Des the plumber work out if… Continue reading Week Forty-two.
Week Forty-one
Week beginning 13th March 2023 After visiting Pete’s mum in anticipation of Mother’s Day and doing some shopping in Edinburgh we arrived back on a miserable wet Sunday evening. This morning we discouver that we have a bit of dripping coming in where we fitted the roof window. It isn’t a surprise because it won’t… Continue reading Week Forty-one
Week Forty – Part Two
It’s dry so we are going to get on with the soffits and fascias on the mega shed. Having a look at the truss ends we realise that we will need to attach some battens to the attic trusses to fix the soffits. This means six of the trusses on the east and west elevations… Continue reading Week Forty – Part Two
Week Forty
Week beginning 6th March 2023. We had a nice weekend, especially on Sunday when we went to Ardferrn for a day of yoga, massage, good food and good company organised by Keri. Interestingly, Pete felt much less tired and more energised after that and is raring to go this week. The week is starting with… Continue reading Week Forty
Week Thirty-nine – Part Two
Having Ross here is going to be a great help and we should easily get everything ready for tomorrow when Andrew comes to start the fascias. Although cold it’s another beautiful morning. To start the day Molly is going to finish painting the battens on the west gable and Ross and Pete are going to… Continue reading Week Thirty-nine – Part Two
Week Thirty-nine
Week beginning 27th February 2023 It’s Monday morning and with the shed battens painted we are going to start fitting the insect mesh over them. If we can do this properly we won’t ever have to deal with wasp nests on our buildings. We have fitted the mesh on the north and south elevations of… Continue reading Week Thirty-nine