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Seven months down and two to go! The site is feeling very active and busy with lots of different trades now on site. This Wednesday had over a dozen busy bees set about their various tasks. On the outside, the slate and the saranfil single ply membrane roof are now complete and all the windows are fitted. The external stonework is about half way there. It’s fitting into the context really well, as the stone has a good variation of colour. The 25mm recessed pointing really picks out the horizontality of the stone and Beatrice’s coursing works really well. The red cedar timber shingles, and their aroma, are on site and tantalisingly stacked up in the car port, and will start to go on next week after the flashings have been delivered and fixed. The copper on the tower again will start next week. The aim is for the scaffolding to be down in 3 weeks time which will be very exciting. Internally, the ramp has been completed, and there is a real spatial delight in moving through a space in a changing vertical position. The air guard system is being fixed and sealed, and will minimise any air leakage and associated heat loss. From what looked like a simple and compact electrical system, a spaghetti like network of cables af first fix has evolved. Internal partitions are also going up and being sheeted, starting to sculpt and refine the space into a hierarchy. This week has also seen blacksmiths on site in the form of Ian’s Dad, making all the internal and external balustrades out of the 250kg of cold rolled 6m steel length which were mistakenly delivered to our house and had to be stored for a week in the back garden. The first section of the metalwork is complete, with a simple staggered hit miss repeat of circular and flat bar, which gives an additional dynamic when moving along the ramp.So all we need now is some moving boxes!
Seven months down and two to go! The site is feeling very active and busy with lots of different trades now on site. This Wednesday had over a dozen busy bees set about their various tasks. On the outside, the slate and the saranfil single ply membrane roof are now complete and all the windows are fitted. The external stonework is about half way there. It’s fitting into the context really well, as the stone has a good variation of colour. The 25mm recessed pointing really picks out the horizontality of the stone and Beatrice’s coursing works really well. The red cedar timber shingles, and their aroma, are on site and tantalisingly stacked up in the car port, and will start to go on next week after the flashings have been delivered and fixed. The copper on the tower again will start next week. The aim is for the scaffolding to be down in 3 weeks time which will be very exciting. Internally, the ramp has been completed, and there is a real spatial delight in moving through a space in a changing vertical position. The air guard system is being fixed and sealed, and will minimise any air leakage and associated heat loss. From what looked like a simple and compact electrical system, a spaghetti like network of cables af first fix has evolved. Internal partitions are also going up and being sheeted, starting to sculpt and refine the space into a hierarchy. This week has also seen blacksmiths on site in the form of Ian’s Dad, making all the internal and external balustrades out of the 250kg of cold rolled 6m steel length which were mistakenly delivered to our house and had to be stored for a week in the back garden. The first section of the metalwork is complete, with a simple staggered hit miss repeat of circular and flat bar, which gives an additional dynamic when moving along the ramp.So all we need now is some moving boxes!
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