Frame

Got a phone call last night to say that the frame would be arriving on the Island today and that it would be fitted the same day. Arrived home for lunch and yes it was being fitted. This evening all the frame was up. Next hopefully the builders will be on site soon, they have to build the false roof which the conservatory roof runs into and sort out what’s happening where the box gutter meets the new wall. Hopefully they will be able to do the external rendering works as well. The roof panels are still over a month away.

 

Deck

At one end of my house is a bit of garden that doesn’t get much use. It contained some grass which was a pain to cut and an old wooden compost bin, which was slowly rotting away. I had been thinking of doing something with this area for a while, either concreting it over or decking it. Decking won. First job was to get rid the of the bin and cut back the grass, the bin fell apart quite easily and the long grass tangled up my petrol strimmer. Over a couple of nights I built the deck frame, the rear support is bolted to the back wall and the front support is sat on the concrete path. On Saturday I laid the decking and managed to get it all finished in about five hours. The furniture shown on the photo is just there for now, as it’s intended to go on the conservatory deck when that gets built.

 

When I was away on holiday a few weeks back I got a call from the Conservatory Company to let me know there was a 10 week wait for the roof panels, so not a lot will be happening for a while. I may be in for Christmas!