2 May 2017 / 16:58
It looks really big.
6 Conservatory
Wednesday 3 May 2017 / 18:55
The Neil and Ben have been at it for another day and the brick and block work is coming up. The blocks are the final height now.
7 Conservatory
Thursday 4 May 2017 / 20:08
They’ve finished the brickwork apart from a small triangle top right, which will probably be done when the frame is in.
8 Conservatory
Fri 9 June 2017
Today we cut the template in half and took it to the joinery in William’s van so that they can work to it.
9 Conservatory
21 July 2017 / 14:19
William and Nick have been over to the joinery and picked up some of the wood. This is a small bit.
10 Conservatory
Sun 23 July 2017 / 12:37
Oiling the wood using Danish Wood Oil. It needs 3 oilings before construction.
11 Conservatory
Mon 24 July 2017 / 19:52
Rafters ready for oiling.
12 Conservatory
Saturday 29 July 2017 / 10:16
Yesterday William brought round some more of the wood and I’m getting some oil on it before it rains.
13 Conservatory
Friday 4th August 2017 / 11:39
I got round to William’s yard at 8am to load these two scaffold towers onto the truck. Putting them up was fairly hard work.
14 Conservatory
Friday 4th August 2017 / 15:22
Nick’s been drafted in and we’ve managed to get a steel beam up onto the towers to suspend the block and tackle that we’ll use to lift the side frame into position with. Williams’s got a bandana on.
15 Conservatory
Friday 4th August 2017 / 15:55
Measuring the sill in order to trim to length.
16 Conservatory
Friday 4th August 2017 / 17:10
Drilling pilot holes in uprights prior to putting big coach bolts in from underside of sill.
17 Conservatory
200mm M12 coach bolts for fastening timber together.
18 Conservatory
Friday 4th August 2017 / 18:09
Getting the hoist set up.
19 Conservatory
Friday 4th August 2017 / 18:16
Hoisting the side top beam ready for location onto the uprights.
20 Conservatory
Friday 4th August 2017 / 18:31
Top beam fitted to uprights.
1 3rd room
Saturday 5th November 2016 | 11:30
Removing the old floor boards.
2 3rd bedroom
Sunday 6th November 2016 | 09:37
More floor removal.
3 3rd bedroom
Friday 11th November 2016 | 18:56
I’ve decided to replace all the joists as well as the floor boards, so it’s turned in to a much bigger job.
4 3rd bedroom
25th November 2016 | 11:11
I’m going to lay concrete with a DPM under the floor to keep the damp out, so I’m having a few tonnes of materials delivered to be made into concrete by Nick.