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Progress again after winter! Finally got some facade boards, 200 meters of mixed 125x22mm and 150x22mm. That's 5 and 6 inch wide boards by 7/8". It's not enough but what I was able to get at the local sawmill, 1€/m. Good thing I bought a trailer. And yes it's well balanced, removed the trailer...

A ground source heat pump is how I heat the main house too, with a 1.4 ton masonry heater for additional warmth.

Talking about air to air for this purpose so no plumbing to consider, and there was talk about using direct electric, and in comparison to that, it's not even a question of what to choose. Does the UK have very expensive electricity or very cheap gas? I pay about 8 cents per kWh. edit: That's...

Your winters are actually quite mild from my perspective so they should be able to work year around with a high COP. You don't get down to a COP of 1 until you get to -20C with heat pumps here made in the last 10 years (at least in the nordic market, I know the US market has lagged behind for a...

A heat pump is over 100% efficient and no that's not a thermodynamic violation, because it does not create the heat from the electricity used. Instead it uses electricity to move ambient heat from the environment through the 'magic' of the refrigeration cycle. So using a heat pump it can...

I will be replacing my oil filled radiator with an air-air heat pump.

Sure we have one, maybe two months on a hot year. In june temperatures begin to climb to 20-25C and in July we've had several days over 30C. Once august hit though temperature plummets sharply and we're happy for a day over 20C. Last morning it was 2C and today a warmer 10C. Soon we'll have...

Slowed down a lot because I had to wait for the ridge plate to be made. I also made a ladder that hooks over the ridge, which I used to get up there and screw it in place. A few screws left but I have to move the whole scaffold so I can reach it safely.

I started putting up the sheeting today, can't really proceed with the ridge plate just yet so I might as well do this until I get on to that stage of the project. Didn't get everything up but most of it. I will be laying a puzzle with the smaller bits for the stuff high up later on...

Put up the roof panels today, still gotta work on the "drop lists" or edge panels or what one calls them. Got the back up but I found I need to take them down and adjust. I will get that as ready as possible before it's time to attach the ridge panel. I am not sure, I might need to return it...

Fiance just sent this picture. Got the roof materials and sheet materials for the walls. I am in a hurry to get everything up because the material is developing black mold. I am wondering if I need to prioritize the roof or the walls. The plastic I got now is keeping the inside relatively...

The pantograph is the central mechanism yeah, here's a video from the creator The cool thing about the 2x factor is that it means any errors in your template are also reduced by 2x. I plan to have the roof finished and then I will put up sheeting (bitumen impregnated, cheap and will last a...

You haven't heard of the pantorouter? I built it from plans I bought at woodgears.ca - bought the plans in 2017 and promptly never built it. Good thing I finally shaped up in 2020 and built it, the plans had gotten updated then too and everyone who buys the plans gets the updates free. I...

OK I am working of the roof now. Been having rain on and off recently and one incredible downpour. Really puts a crimp in working outdoors. The material I have is not long enough to make one single purlin and the first attempt I made to extend it was kinda clumsly, so instead I decided to use...

OK things slowed down because I am back at work since last week, I did get the last beam in place however before sunday ended. Next I made some scaffolding. And after that I put up one side of the rafters. I used the scaffolding so I could adjust the rafters, I only nailed them in...

OK I just got the impression people might be thinking I wanted to make said equipment in order to lift the beams into place for this project. But it has no direct relation to this project, it was just an off the cuff remark. I felt I needed to be clear on that so we didn't start a health and...

I'm talking about making a block and tackle because it would be a fun project to do sometime in the future, for perhaps no real use at all other than it'd be cool.

Yeah a ratchet is required for this work, but in general sense it would be interesting to make some, could come in handy in other situations. Or a ratchet could be a separate device for lifting.

I am using strap winches, wire might be better but it's what I got. All this lifting made me wanna make my own block and tackle some day.

And I got another beam up, almost all the way, just need to get it up the next incline. I didn't lift this one step by step, instead I used the winches again, attached them to the frame and hoisted them up, went quite well, easier than the other method. I could've sworn I took pictures mid...