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Well its been mealy a month since my last update but such is life and work when it gets in the way. Over the last couple of days I managed to get all 12 lights up and lit. Their connections should be final but the lashed up plug to see how it looks is naturally not final. My paint is also in...

I did see a video on your tube of a guy adding one to his dewalt. I think it was a spare from a makita something.

To be fair its 8. I like a tan :lol: I really didn't want them hanging on chains. The other 4 I'm putting up will be fixed to the underside of the joists and I'm not really happy about that! I'll see how it all looks. If its too bright I can mvoe them around easily enough as it's all just...

Yeah I wish I'd invested in a decent sprayer 5 years ago when we moved in to be honest. Our living room is 8m long 4.5m wide with similarly raised ceilings and it was all new plaster on the walls. It never seemed to flippin end! With regard to the lights, It may end up a bit bright but I'm ok...

With no hope at all of getting the cladding done (still no paint) and no materials or an idea where to start on a door and work looming on Wednesday, I started on the inside instead. First up was to cover the void under the ridge. Some OSB cut to width and then with a shallower angle than the...

People aren't using their ratchets for breaking tough bolts are they?

As much as I like things to cost less, if you can't meet demand whether thats for a product or a service, you don't charge less. A friend told me of his decorator having a 9 month waiting list. My only reply was that she was clearly not charging enough.

If I recall the membrane is there to allow moisture out but not in. Its cheap and does a good job. I can't imagine why you'd try and get away without it.

Ha, she pointed out the bruise the size of a saucer on my backside so she knows exactly why I'm grinning!

I went into the kitchen this morning and thought "OK I can get outside soon" and then realised no more roof to climb. A large grin appeared.

Done. Finally. Tomorrow I can finish off some little OSb bits inside under the ridge and maybe get some white on the walls. So pleased to be done with the roof!

Well its still not done, but the end is nigh. With the rain stopping play quite early yesterday the plan today was to just crack on and do as much as I could. With the scaffold now much easier to move around I managed to get all the way to the point where I now just have to deal with the final...

Ha, technically that side isn't my problem! We'll let it grow as there are a lot of blackberries in there. The side near the workshop though is enjoying the light now that a few trees were removed so will need a regular prune. The rains have come again. I'm about 1/3 through this side of the...

Thanks chaps. Looking forward to getting the roof all done and the cladding on. I've gone and burned the back of my neck over the last few days. My tan all came while I was a hairy sod during lockdown, now that I've had it cut back my neck was the only bit that was still pastey white! No idea...

I bet moving 1220*2440*44mm fire door blanks was great fun Phil! I've got 20 doubles in my basket for about 22m of wall!

The roof is half done! Hurrah. I'd hoped to get a bit more done but some bits came up, I was at least about to start prep for tomorrow which will be getting the first verge done on the visible side of the workshop. The biggest faff in all honesty has been moving the scaffold around as its been...

A nice day for it today. It still spat a bit but no torrential rain. Shocking news. When you're not getting urinated on from a great height you can actually get things done! Its not been easy moving the scaffold around the soggy clay surrounding the workshop but its now at its final resting...

Looking neat Gerard, Keep it up!

No mortar. 1 screw per tile. Easy peasy.

I could have just screwed into the ridge if I'd needed to. When I get the photo tomorrow you'll see this is a better arrangement of tiles at the ridge and will give me a better lap with the top 2 courses and ridge tiles.