Saturday, 1st October 2011 / 16:30
An aerial shot. The camera is strapped to the end of a long plank of wood and set to auto shutter after 10 seconds.
13 Block and beam floors
7th October 2011
The custom built trolley in use.
14 Block and beam floors
October 2011
Levering the last of the beams into position.
3 Plastering
Monday 2nd September 2013 / 1900
These trestles and planks will be used to build a platform for the plasterers to work on when they do the ceiling.
Floor
Sunday 26th August 2012 / 19:57
Damp proof membrane is unrolled.
Plasterboarding 3
Saturday 1 June 2013 / 14:20
First wall complete.
Electrics 2
Friday 26 April 2013 / 18:54
Timber attached to rafters gets cables above insulation.
Garage modification 1
Friday 22 April 2011
The front half of the garage is too close to the new wall. My medium term solution is to move the garage wall into the building, leaving the roof intact, to create a 900 mm space between the house wall and the garage wall.
Garage modification 2
Friday 22 April 2011
As this is just a medium term solution I’m going to rest a sole plate on the concrete floor and then move the wall onto it. There will be damp proof membrane between the floor and the sole plate. The house is crooked in relation to the garage so this wall will be built at an angle.
Garage modification 3
Garage modification 4
Friday 22 April 2011
We went round to see William to borrow some acro props to hold the roof up while the wall is moved.
Garage modification 5
Friday 22 April 2011
Bracing struts in position, acro props taking load.
Garage modification 6
Saturday 23 April 2011
Verticals detached from rest of building using disc cutter
Garage modification 7
Saturday 23 April 2011
Tony has been drafted in to help at this stage and the wall is lowered onto the ground. The rotten timber is removed from the bottom and the verticals cut to fit under the new ceiling plate.
Garage modification 8
Saturday 23 April 2011
Wall is moved into position. Verticals area chocked up to correct level and fastened to the sole and ceiling plates.
Garage modification 9
Monday 25 April 2011
The soffit has been created using some old shuttering ply that was lying around and the small end wall was clad using the timber which was taken off from next to the double doors. You can see that because the floor slopes the sole plate has been chocked up.
Garage modification 9
Friday 29 April 2011
Gutter is on, timbers attached to bottom and creosoted.
Windows and doors
Saturday 21st April 2012 / 14:30
An aerial shot on a sunny morning before the weather turns to rain again. Starting to look rather good now.
Kitchen removal
Sunday 8th April 2012
Removal of one side of the kitchen. Oven sits on a special sledge that I made when I installed it twelve years ago.
Steel 3
Friday 25th April 2012 / 20:06
A chain hoist is hanging from a large piece of wood which is in turn supported by the ceiling joists which have acro props under them