Partition Walls | Marsh Flatts Farm Self Build Diary

Week 35, Day 3:

Even more rain. The big puddles are back again!
More work on the Ground Floor, forming the 3m x 2m alcove in the south wall of the Living Room that will house the TV:
- There’s a section of block-work that protrudes into the west side of the south wall, plus two soil-and-vent pipes
- There will be a moulded coving at the wall-to-ceiling junction, with LED strip lights washing across the ceiling and down the wall
- The coving will work a lot better if it forms a simple rectangle, so the south wall is being built out to extend the block-work section across the whole width
- That leaves a false wall which provides an ideal place to form an alcove that will house the TV, centred left-right and also top-bottom
More electrical first-fix on the Ground Floor, installing the low-voltage wiring for the LED downlights in the open plan kitchen
Good progress on the domestic hot water system

Week 35, Day 3

The big puddle on the driveway is back

Wooden framework for the TV alcove in the Living Room

Preparing the pipework for the DHW tank

Week 35, Day 2:

A little bit less rain, but it’s still wet and muddy
The concealed gutter in the south roof has proved problematic:
- By cutting away a significant portion of the timbers to form the gutter, the overhanging roof has been sagging, unevenly
- Some time ago we decided to add galvanized steel straps on the upper surface to restore the strength
- Those straps were installed today – but they will need some more attention in order to form the zinc roof covering over them
The preparations for plastering are now mostly completed on the first floor as well as the second floor, so the building work has moved down to the ground floor
- There’s quite a bit of stud-work required, to cover over the protruding steelwork and pipes on the south wall and to form some built-in cupboards and alcoves
- In particular, it has always been the plan to have a concealed-but-accessible cupboard behind the door to the kitchen, holding the main electrical distribution boards (in addition to the sub-boards on the first and second floors), the underfloor heating manifolds etc.
The first floor is now ready for plastering and has been cleared and swept for the first time in a while