I have started a labourer on site as I just cannot keep up with the “little jobs” that I have been trying to do but that seem to end up taking up most of the day and just never seem to get finished so the sensible thing to do was take on some help which will give me the extra time to get things organised.

Today I have had him treating the Oak facias and barge boards that were delivered on Friday, as with the rest of the external Oak we are using Osmo UV protection oil.

Bricklayers have been continuing with the chimney’s  which are starting to take shape, I really need them to crack on as I want the roofers to start ASAP and they can’t until the chimney is on the roof .

At lunchtime I drove down to Bob at the joiners to give him a tin of the Osma so that he can give the frames a coat to seal them before they install them in the next couple weeks, I also had a sample of the Vale trickle vents so that he can router the holes in the Oak frame. While I was there we went through the sizes of the frame openings so that Vale can get on with the manufacture of the casments.

Having looked at a few of the underfloor heating companies out there I decided to order ours from Robbens Systems although they are based in East Sussex they have visited the site twice to make sure the quote given was correct.  Although it is designed as a self build system I have decided to use one of their registered installers so delivery to site will be in about 3 to 4 weeks.

I also ordered the guttering from Rain Clear Solutions, we have chosen the Evolve rainwater system made by Marley. I considered going down the cast Iron road but thought better of it when I considered both the cost and the maintenance cast iron would need.

The Marley Evolve guttering has the appearance of cast Iron but with the benefits of modern seals in the joints backed up with a silicon compound which is also supplied, made of a coated aluminium it will not rust and will hopefully give us many years of maintenance free service also I felt comfortable with it being manufactured by such a well known company as Marley.

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After a decent sunny morning the rain has returned but the WOF guys are working in it as they have to get ready for the crane in the morning. Each piece of oak  has a letter and number allowing the framers to know which  part of the frame each piece belongs to so they are spending the afternoon identifying the Oak they need to get started.

Away from the frame I have been looking in to which rainwater harvesting system I am going to use, I spoke to WPL who market a home package which comes in at just over 3k for a 6500 Lt tank which seems a bit expensive but as I have only just started looking I have no idea really. I would be interested to hear anyone elses recommendations or experiences with harvesting systems.

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