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Thedreamer

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In our last blog entry we completed the roof.

 

Guttering was one of those areas in the build that I had never really given much thought to. After doing some research, and asking on here, we came across cast iron effect guttering from Brett Martin. Unfortunately the lead time to get the guttering to Skye was quite long (3-4 weeks). When the outlets and fascias finally arrived, the actual guttering was missing having been lost in transit. We had to order it again, waiting another three weeks for it to get here. Having placed the original order at the end of August the guttering finally arrived last week! Its now up and looks great. 

 

Whilst waiting for the guttering we decided to paint the soffits and fascias, putting on a primer first following by a couple of top coats. This took a few weeks, waiting for dry weather windows and painting whenever we got an opportunity.

 

Our joiner fitted some fire stops today and he gave the okay for me to take down the majority of the scaffolding leaving just the gable ends.

 

I was also able to take down the internal bracing.

 

Weather depending the blockwork should be starting week commencing 5th November.  

 

Here are some photos of the house.

 

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Mr Punter

Yet another superb self build.

 

You could get some temporary downpipe -which is a clear polythene tube - and cable tie between the gutter outlets and the gulleys to keep the rain away from the building.

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Thedreamer

Thanks for your comments. 

 

Currently we have a north wind which is colder but usually means no rain for us. 

 

@Mr Punter Looked into the clear polythene tube but it won't stay up long here! I had some temporary downpipes delivered from Brett Martin same colour but not cast iron effect, cost  about £40. I'll keep as spares or use for a shed/or wood store. I think our brickie will hold down the temporary pipes with some blocks. 

 

If we have good weather might be late in November when we have block work completed. Then we can get the remaining larch cladding on.

 

 

 

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