Friday 6th October 2017 / 13:18

First rafter going on.

Saturday 14th October 2017 / 12:05

Rafters on one side on.

Friday 27 October 2017 / 10:28

Getting the door frame in.

Friday 10th November 2017 / 10:53

Fitting the soffit with slot for the glass retaining brackets.

Saturday 18th November 2017 / 09:57

William sawing off the ends of the rafters; he can saw straighter than me.

Sunday 26th November 2017 / 11:43

I had to saw and chisel this rebate for the glass.

Saturday 2nd December 2017 / 10:11

Made and fitted the fascia. Off to Ipswich to see Kerry now.

Saturday 16th December 2017 / 15:53

Made this bit to fill a gap.

These special brackets fit into the slot. They are very expensive.

Monday 5th February 2018 / 07:57

Well plenty of time has gone by. We’ve had Christmas and New Year and we’ve got a wet January out the way. Today, for a change, it’s fine and the glass has arrived from the factory in Wales. Nick’s come round to help, along with William, Ben and Neil. The glass will be stored indoors until needed.

Monday 5th February 2018 / 08:48

We’re unloading the glass from the lorry and stacking it indoors. These are some of the roof panels which are 3.5 x 0.9 m. All the double glazed units are made of 4mm glass with 20mm gap filled with argon.

Monday 5th February 2018 / 10:48

Nick and I have been applying the frosted film to 5 of the large roof double glazed units. They weigh 65kg each and there’s a lot of moving them around with suckers.

Monday 5th February 2018 / 12:28

The Frostbright film has to be wetted and is applied to wetted glass. You then squeegee the water out from between the glass and the film. It’s not that hard really.

Sunday 11th February 2018 / 13:01

This bit of wood is the same height as the double glazed unit and gasket.

This is the system for securing the double glazed units to the rafters.

Saturday 24th February 2018 / 14:48

A lovely day. William’s doing this bit of brickwork and a few other holes where the roof joins the house.

Saturday 24th February 2018 / 14:49

While William’s doing the brickwork I’ve been adding the bits of wood onto the end rafters for the glass to fit up against. A special aluminium flashing will cover it.

Sunday 25th March 2018 / 13:57

Today I’m fitting the aluminium bracket that holds the bottom of the glass. It’s in two parts with the first part fitting into a slot. It just hammers in and is quite a tight fit.

Sunday 25th February 2018 / 13:51

Bracket installed on the other side.