Monthly Archives: May 2021

Monday 31/5/21 I’ve been fighting a non-COVID virus over the last few days – I blame the grandchildren – and so I’ve not done much to advance the project. However, today my recovery began and I felt I could potter … Continue reading →

Friday 28/5/21 I have a dreadful cold today that has been building for a couple of days so I’ve spent the day doing desk work. However, progress was made with the roofing materials arriving this morning. Hopefully I will be … Continue reading →

Thursday 27/5/21 After several days of other commitments I was able to get the second coat of sadolin on the soffits today. Over the last week or so I’ve been selecting a roofer. I did this through mybuilder.com. I’ve selected … Continue reading →

Thursday 20/5/21 Another part-time day today dodging showers. I started by mixing some epoxy resin to fill the hole I’d left when I started to rebuild the wall. This was a complete failure! It all drained away. The cavity was … Continue reading →

Wednesday 19/5/21 I have gone out to tender for the felting, battening and slating of the roof. Quotes have started to come in and so work could start soon. So today I switched to the cutting and painting of the … Continue reading →

Tuesday 18/5/21 While I waited for the mortar to go off on the wall repair, I started to secure wall panel frames to the frame. I started by marking the amount I needed to take off the first wall panel … Continue reading →

Monday 17/5/21 Today I went right outside my comfort zone and started to repair the wall under one of the central fixings for the wall sill timber. I am not good with bricks and mortar. I started out by cleaning … Continue reading →

Sunday 16/5/21 Despite the rain showers, by the end of today the last rear wall panel frame was complete (right of the picture below) and so was the front frame for the end wall panel. I can’t make the final … Continue reading →

Thursday 13/5/21 I just plugged on with the remaining wall frames today focussing on the two with windows. On the front: And back: This is how things stood at the end of the day.      

Wednesday 12/5/21 A very short day today. I started work on the rear left wall frame. Nothing else to report!