Off grid house build Orkney

Haha, this is it receding! When I was younger I had at most a threehead..

@andyp Now to remember wonderwall on guitar haha. It’s never been that shape in its life, reckon the sludge and adhesive dust had merged and glued it there..

@bigshape cheers, have been gaining confidence with it over the week and still have all ten digits! Yeah I’ve looked a riot every time I’ve come down the road this week. Didn’t expect it to be anywhere near as gross, luckily got a good set of waterproof dungarees which saved me from the worst of it.

@TW oh definitely, reckon I’d have been dodging sparks all day too! The water seemed to clear the channel too, cutting felt a lot smoother than when I tried running it dry?

Got some precision cuts going today. Dad and I had a tough morning, cutting in batches and finding that some didn’t quite fit as the tiles aren’t exact measurements which became quite disheartening. Then mum stepped up and smashed it. Sewing prowess came into play and we basically just started cutting patterns out of cardboard, marking that on tiles, cutting and dry laying one to make sure the next one was right and move on. Became a proper wee production line! Really chuffed with the finish at the windows and around the stove, couldn’t have asked for more! Recut that triangle with the corner missing in the last photo so it looks cleaner now. I found cutting a notch in one side of the tile and then cutting from the other side saves it chipping at the corner when it gets skinny.

I’m back at work tomorrow so mum and dad are leaving, been such a massive help and has made me feel that much less overwhelmed by everything. Can’t believe how much we’ve accomplished and don’t want to imagine how long this would have taken on my own..

The length of small cuts in front of the windows and door aren’t stuck down yet but we figured it was more important to get all the cuts sorted today and I can stick them down on myself.