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During November and December we fitted the ducting for the built in hoover which compared to the HRVS was a doddle, basically following the route of the HRVS ducting through the very little roofspace there was and what we had to create.
In the bedroom lobby we originally decided to drop the ceiling height about 300mm to house ducting, wiring etc, which was going to convert to flat ceiling at the end of the lobby beside the bathroom. Simple!
Not that simple when you keep changing your mind, which I may add you will do countless times throughout your own project much to the discontent of your better half, contractors, suppliers, in fact everyone else that has anything to do with your build...
In the end we have decided to keep the same angle of roof all through the lobby which was a bit tricky to find as there are quite a few angles to work with where the lobby changes direction (twice), and we have to house the Steel beam at the end of the lobby. But we succeeded and are quite happy with it. Time will tell if it is right when we come to sheeting out the plasterboard and fermacell.
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When fitting the roof trusses I realised something was up with the wall on the right (above). The panels were being pulled in about 25mm in the middle where it was screwed into the partition seperating berooms 3 and 4. So I had to unsrew the panel from the partition and fit in wedges to bring it out around 25mm so that the wall was straight! (Thanks to my mate joe for helping out that night!)
Unfortunatly by doing this my work further on in the lobby was undone as the angles wall that makes the corner shifted as well.......
Anyone reading this that still happens to be at school, please take my word for it, stick in, pay attention, and learn something from technical studies, woodwork etc, caus if like me you don't you'll cause yourself so much extra work, that can be avoided!
I received a lovely email from Tom and Joan Scott from Westhill (pictured below) who are in early planning stages for their own self build and were very interested in SIPS construction. They kindly took up my offer to come and see our project for themselves and I think were quite impressed with the design and structure of our house. We spent a few hours going through the house and pointing out areas where we went wrong and had made mistakes, problems that we had come across, but importantly where we could, advise them on issues where we felt we had succeeded and little hints and tips to make areas of self building a bit more easier!
Self building really is not an easy thing to do, there will be times you could see your project far enough, and just want to sell up and cut your losses! The easiest of tasks seem to take ages, suppliers are playing up and holding things up. Your architect seems to be on your back to do this, that and the next thing. That all important window or door is wrong, (aye thats directed at you internorm,) You seem to be in there from morning till night and not actually making much progress, but....
....when someone comes to visit who is interested in your project, and you get the chance to show off your hard work, and get thier opinion on
it, maybe they will highlight an area or an idea to do things a litle different, you realise just what you have achieved and it all becomes worthwhile again! Thanks Tom and Joan!
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xmas in dinneswood |
sun sets over our winter wonderland |
