Week beginning 5th December 2022 It’s a very cold, bright and sunny morning and we are ready for work. We have been joined by Mariano, Cristi’s husband, who arrived last night after walking alone on the Camino de Santiago for the past three weeks. We made more progress installing the insulation on Saturday, with Alastair’s… Continue reading Week Twenty-seven
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Week Twenty-six – Part two
It’s raining this morning, not heavily but rather that horrible drizzle that soaks you in no time. We will do a wee bit of tidyng and covering things but it’s not looking like we’ll get anything done on the roof today. Pete sent out texts to say nothing much is likely to happen but Martin… Continue reading Week Twenty-six – Part two
Week Twenty-six
Week beginning 28th November Apolgies for not posting a part two last week so here’s a wee update. We spent all Thursday making risers for the house roof ladders to sit on. We had to measure the difference between the height of the gables and the height of the trusses then subtract the depth of… Continue reading Week Twenty-six
Week Twenty-five
Week beginning 21st November. We are fast approaching our six months of having been building our house and the roof still isn’t on. Hopefully this week will see the scaffolding fully erected and the beginning of the roof works. We’re starting the day by finishing the job of adding the extra layer of batons around… Continue reading Week Twenty-five
Week Twenty-four – Part Two
Today should see more progress with the scaffolding being finished, here’s hoping. Our tasks today are to hang the door for the toilet, dismantle some palettes for planks to cover toilet door and make a pair of double doors for the mega-shed. We’ve managed to get some interesting planks from some palettes but we’ll need… Continue reading Week Twenty-four – Part Two
Week Twenty-four
Week beginning 14th November 2022 We’ve checked the weather and it is going to be mixed so our plan is to fit the horizontal batons on the mega-shed while it’s dry. When it’s wet we’ll start making a door for the toilet. Right now it’s dry so we are getting on with the batoning. We… Continue reading Week Twenty-four
Week Twenty-three – part two
Thursday 10th November 2022. We’re onto the next stage on the mega-shed – attaching vertical and horizontal timbers for fixing the larch cladding onto. We have been held back from fitting the windows and doors because they are stuck behind a load of palettes of insulation which are too heavy to move. Before screwing the… Continue reading Week Twenty-three – part two
Week Twenty-three
Week beginning 6th November. On Saturday afternoon our car didn’t start and our neighbour Iain kindly came out in the rain to give us a jump start. After that the car seemed fine and we managed to get to Oban and back, with our shopping for the week done. We were invited to our neighbour… Continue reading Week Twenty-three
Week Twenty-two – Part Two
The forecast for today looks promising with rain showers clearing late morning then dry for the afternoon and evening. This means we have a good chance of completely covering the roof and stopping the house getting so wet. Our plan is to cover the south east side of the roof, then the north west, south… Continue reading Week Twenty-two – Part Two
Week Twenty-two
Week beginning 31st October. We went down to Edinburgh on Friday because Pete had a dental appointment and we took Niven and Caitlin for a swim. We have been taking them to the pool regularly since they were babies and we all love being in the water. When we got back on Saturday afternoon the… Continue reading Week Twenty-two