The patio stones have been cut and laid around the pond edge. Whilst I've not a fan of rain during the rest of the build, when the stones get wet all the colours burst out which is really positive and makes up for the outlay.
After having the pond running for five days we emptied all the water and hoovered the bottom. This is an important step because the crystal bio gives off a lot of dust when new and therefore the pond floor was covered. There were also a few type 1 stones that had made there way into the pond but they were soon gone. As you can see above the partial refill to about 4ft 6in has happened and the air has been connected to both Spindrifter bottom drains. We have successfully tested both but only left one running for now.
In the filter house, the ply has been completed on all four internal walls and the insulation has been placed in between all the roof timbers which is another good milestone.
With a bit of good weather the wooden shingle roof has started to go down. This is quite slow progress because of the random nature of the wooden tile width but that will be the whole appeal once complete. It is one of those things where you just have to wait and you can't rush the final finish.
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You’re right; you shouldn’t rush the final finish. This is the delicate part of construction, so you have to be very careful with all the final details that you will lay in. You don’t need to rush everything because you’re near to finishing it. What you have to do is to make sure that the last details are perfect. ->Edmunds General Contracting, LLC
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you, Sarai! Sometimes, if we hurry things, we just end up ruining the final details, wherein the remaining tasks should be taken with great consideration and time to recheck everything. Anyway, great work on that little house! @ Roof Works
ReplyDeleteThe filter house is looking great! Hopefully you didn’t run into any more foul weather while trying to finish it. It’s hard enough to finish laying down shingles piece per piece; it’s another thing to lay them out wet from the rain.
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