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Bearlegged
@Creek_Tebsin
The joiners showed up on Monday to realise that they had to close the other gable off on the workshop too as the solar panel rail would overlap that slightly so they’ve got cracking with that. We had to buy some more lengths of larch as some had too many knots in some of them for him to be happy putting them on the house as a weather shield but will be really useful for other projects and the cabinet doors. Got lucky as we needed 20 lengths and there were only 50 left in jewsons and they’ve said once that stock has gone they’ll never be getting that wood in again due to supply issues. One of the joiners left yesterday for a family holiday so panels won’t be going on until Monday when he’s back I don’t think.
My mum and dad came up to visit in their campervan and are here to help with the house for a week or so as there’s a lot I’m just not able to physically manage with one person. Days one and two were cleaning up the house and clearing all the boarding out for the workshop walls and ceilings as well as getting the rigid insulation cut for the trusses.
Yesterday mum got onto priming a bunch of wood and the mdf windowsills (the joiner dropped off the finishings for the house, goddamn it’s nice to hear that word, “finishing”). Dad and I put some 2” extenders onto each truss to allow for an air gap behind the 6” insulation and got to packing it in. Managed to get the whole workshop roof done yesterday which is more than I could have hoped. Today is starting on boarding the ceiling as it would be amazing to get that and the walls in before dad leaves. That would leave folk free to come in and have walls to start fitting inverters and all the associated bits and pieces on for setting up the off grid system If I’m doing anything near as much when I’m pushing 70 I’ll consider myself a badass!
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