Week 35, Day 2

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
Week 35, Day 2

Week 35, Day 2

Installing the straps over the concealed gutter on the south roof

Installing the straps over the concealed gutter on the south roof

Wooden framework for the electrical cupboard behind the kitchen door

Wooden framework for the electrical cupboard behind the kitchen door

The Master Bedroom looking tidier than it has for a good while

The Master Bedroom looking tidier than it has for a good while

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