Top up
Topping off with mortar and incorporating a fall between the inner to outer leaf of the plinth wall (The Fall , 31st July 2016) resulted...
I spy...
... I-beams. The I-beams were delivered this morning. Our neighbour Tom came round and helped Mark and the driver unload them from the...
A no show
The I-beams weren't delivered yesterday as expected. We have been promised that they will be with us this morning. Unfortunately we...
There may be showers ahead...
... but we won't worry because we've managed to get the timber covered. The timber is resting on battens so that it isn't in direct...
D-Day
Yesterday was Delivery Day. At 8am a 40ft artic arrived with the rib beams, bale retainers and timber frame gable end walls. Our friends...
Scaffolding tower
"The architecture of our future is not only unfinished; the scaffolding has hardly gone up." George Lamming We have bought a second hand...
The fall
This weekend has been taken up with topping off the plinth walls with cement and incorporating a slight fall between the inner and outer...
Some good news
Vision will be delivering the plinth wall plate, rib beams and timber frames for the gable ends on Thursday. The I beams are being...
A long haul
The last few weeks have been particularly stressful. On several occasions I have had to put my thinking head on, resurrect my 40 year old...
The covers are on, building is suspended
The plinth walls are up to height and their cavities have been filled with insulation. We can do no more until we take delivery of the...
