Giles and Paula Add a Room Onto the Side of The House
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Great Story, so this is your House, really cool, I mainly do old Buildings because of that, the Soul and the Patina always get me. I planned and orderd a full Oak Door for a Building from 1600 this week, can´t wait to see it in Flesh.
That is quite a Chunk of Steel, good Job getting it in and out there without hurting yourself and/or trashing the car.
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In the "old" days, they would have been cut and rubbed to shape on site, but this is a very difficult skill to find these days, and when you do, it comes at a cost….
So, I'm having them cut and bonded to steel load-bearing lintels with 5mm joints off-site. Well, actually 2 of the windows are bricked up to replicate the look of a Georgian window-tax bricked in window...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window_tax
I've just found out that the large arch will way about 700 kilos - yee gods.
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Those arches will look great when done. Shame there isn't the proliferation of skills anymore to do this the old way, but it doesn't surprise me, the house I just moved into is a new build, some of the brickwork is interesting! The builder admits that they struggle to find bricklayers; sometimes it's any old trade lending a hand !!
As you mention, anyone who is skilled and experienced can command a premium and is booked up months or years in advance. I have a family friend who only does 'premium' and listed restorations or extensions now…
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Have a little bit of a hiatus for a while. Can't go up any more until gauged arches arrive. I can get the joists put in, but need some fecker to give me a price on Posi-Joists first….
Belt and braces....
And a larger Catnic on the inner skin….
Wondering whay the blocks are smeared with muck? A rain storm that could have raised Noah's bleeding Arc came through when the muck was still wet…..
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Congrats @mclaincausey!
Also, looks like you're making great progress @Giles! I wish my project had nearly the momentum yours has had…
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