Monthly Archives: September 2013

Bridget has been unwell for a few days so progress halted for a while. Nana and Pop came up today, so Thomas and Pop managed to work extra hard to make up time. The inner cladding layer was finished, then … Continue reading →

Progress has been slower this week, we’ve been quite busy and the evenings are much darker. We have done a bit more cladding along the south wall, the inner layer of larch now extends pretty much from the north round … Continue reading →

Today Thomas was on holiday (Aberdeen local holiday) so he cracked on with the cladding, mainly the south wall.

A lovely sunny day today and Nana and Pop were here, so we commenced the larch cladding. Thomas focused on the detailing around the windows: frame sealant between the sill and sub-sill; draft-proofing with Tyvek between the stud wall and … Continue reading →

In order to draft-proof the gap between the roof membrane and the wall membrane, yesterday we (with the help of Oli) boxed in the soffits and applied a narrow band of Tyvek with the staple-gun.

Last night (by site light and torch) we finished installing the 5th and final window into this phase of the build. For some reason (possibly related to it being stored fully wrapped in cling-film, unlike the others) this one was … Continue reading →

Progress has been slow but steady, the second window is now installed, 3 to go. The 3 south facing windows are more square than the other two, making it much more difficult to hang the weights. The extra (relative) width … Continue reading →

After the frustration of the membrane, it was great to have Oli over for a few hours this morning to help install a sash window. We saw this as a learning exercise, and managed to get it installed fairly quickly. … Continue reading →

Less than 24 hours after the membrane was up, strong winds this morning damaged it. It looks like it’s going to be okay, except for the ridge, which will need replaced (with a fresh roll of membrane unfortunately). A few … Continue reading →

We’ve been unwell for about a week so not much has been done, but the window sills are progressing slowly. Thomas built a prototype out of some offcuts of structural timber, which was enough to satisfy us that we could … Continue reading →