Panels and Windows

Once the battens were in place the solar panels went in really quickly with a team of roofing subcontractors on site for just a couple of days.

 And then this week the windows arrived. Monday brought the four sliding doors for the two bedrooms and the ground floor to maximise the light to these south-facing rooms. They came perched on the back of a small truck and it was a nail-biting half-hour as the tele-porter transferred them onto the site. 

Today we got the smaller windows for the north facing rooms and by tonight they were all in place. Everything triple-glazed of course.

 

 

A week off

With nothing major scheduled until the 2nd June I was happy to leave Jason to get on with things while I went off to Somerset to help John Grimshaw build a cycle path from Weston-super-Mare to Brean Down including the world's biggest bird-hide. This was to protect the nesting redshanks from being traumatized by hordes of lycra clad cyclists passing by. And, no I didn't forget to take my spirit level, that's how the artist designed it.

Interestingly, it was made of larch which is what we will have to the front of our house so let's see how our builders get on.

Back today and the timber frame company are here putting in the door they forget to leave in the attic room (Kevin McCloud eat your heart out!), the outside battens are on, the internal membrane to make it airtight is in and the fitters are here preparing for the solar panels which are due to arrive later today,  These will not only collect the sun's rays but will also keep off the rain, avoiding the need for roof tiles on the south facing slope.