Progress During January 2010

  • Wall to the right of the front door.
  • Block bond with neighbouring wall.
  • Cavity in front wall
  • Fully filled cavity.
  • Getting ready to install the internal door lintel
  • Wall ties ready for the external stone wall
  • The smaller window lintel
  • A dense, well seasoned chunk of Maple for cutting folding wedges. I'm using folding wedges to apply the load of the roof onto the wall that I built. At present, the roof is supported on acrow props.
  • The internal wall with the first two lintels in place.
  • The folding wedges.