Week 40, Day 2

Week 40, Day 2:

  • Difficult working conditions outside on the hottest day of the year – more than 30 degrees CelsiusĀ and very strong sunshine
  • Finishing off the cedar cladding around the clerestory windows – that area is now complete
  • Applying protective oil to the cedar cladding, where that had not previously been done
  • More progressĀ on the zinc roofing, including half of the rather fiddly section below the concealed gutter on the south roof (visible on the photo below)
  • More electrical second fix, installing some of the lighting and some of the (many!) circuits in the Plant Room
Week 40, Day 2

Week 40, Day 2

Wider view from main camera location

Wider view from main camera location

Installing the zinc below the concealed gutter on the south roof - very obvious difference in weathering after only a few days

Installing the zinc below the concealed gutter on the south roof – very obvious difference in weathering after only a few days

Surface-mount down-lights in the office

Surface-mount down-lights in the office

Week 39, Day 5

Week 39, Day 5:

  • The engineered oak wood flooring boards were delivered – these will be left to acclimatise inside the house before being installed
  • The Sika Sarnafil single-ply roofing membrane was installed on the first-floor balcony by Derwent Roofing Services
  • The computer network patch panel installation was completed
  • More work on the plastering
  • More work on the electrical second-fix
  • More work on the zinc roofing, completing some of the fiddly work around the eaves and the soffits
Week 39, Day 5

Week 39, Day 5

Engineering oak flooring planks stacked to acclimatise to the house conditions before installation

Engineering oak flooring planks stacked to acclimatise to the house conditions before installation

Sarnafil single-ply roofing membrane on first-floor balcony

Sarnafil single-ply roofing membrane on first-floor balcony

Computer network patch panel cabinet

Computer network patch panel cabinet