Build Progress | Marsh Flatts Farm Self Build Diary

Week 18, Day 5:

Decent weather in the morning then a bit more cloudy and windy in the afternoon with light rain at the end of the day
Quite an eventful day – more deliveries (extra insulation for the roof), more scaffolding, more progress on installing the Structural Insulated Panels and the first significant case of “well that wasn’t meant to happen!”

Week 18, Day 5

Lifting in the first of the upper roof sections

End-of-day view from main camera location

For the first time it’s possible to see the finished shape on the eastern end, and the new fifth lift of scaffolding.

End-of-day view from the north-west

There isn’t actually meant to be a pile of broken roof panels on the ground. It seems the SIPS installation team thought they could install the remainder of the main roof by assembling it all on the ground and lifting it up as one section rather than two, but it broke up while being lifted into place. Fortunately nobody got hurt and none of the building got damaged but those panels need re-making, which will take a few days.

Week 18, Day 4:

Much better weather today – bright, sunny and almost feeling warm in the sunshine by the afternoon
Not much evidence of progress on the south side because most of the SIPS activity was on the north side
In addition to the progress with the Structural Insulated Panels, the two 32mm water supply pipes were routed into the utility room
- Two because there’s one for the regular mains water (blue MDPE) and a separate pipe for harvested rainwater (black MDPE with a green stripe)
- Initially these will be connected together (i.e. everything fed from the mains supply) but it’s possible a rainwater harvesting system will be installed when the outbuildings are rebuilt later

Week 18, Day 4

First water pipe installed and preparation for second pipe

Both 32mm water pipes coming through the floor

Both pipes will have water meters installed a little above the top of the floor slab. The thicker pipes on the right are the “brine” pipes for the Ground Source Heat Pump.