March 2003
It's amazing how much progress can be made when the weather's favourable.
Two good weekends has seen the roof and decking completed and the rainwater guttering
installed. It won't look complete until the handrails and spindles are added but these
cosmetic touches can wait until the interior is finished.
Finally the path is complete giving dry access. The path resembles hard packed gravel and is achieved by
first tamping down a general concrete mix (4 gravel:2 sharp sand:1 cement) then sprinkling wet pea shingle
over the surface which is then tamped in until the wet concrete slurry just covers it. Cover and then
about 18 hours later wash and brush the cement off to expose the small stones.
Now for the ECO bit. Not wanting to let rainwater go to waste, half the roof drains into this water butt.
Some onduline offcuts were used to shore up for the concrete support pillar, hence the flutes.
Just need to find somewhere for the other half of the roof to drain to......
That pile of bricks reminds me, I must finish that garden retaining wall at some point.....