Author: Max Heron

After the gales and rain brought in by the 3 named storms last week, it was great to have clear skies and lighter winds this week.  As a result, Mark and Chris on Phillips Traditional Metal Roofing were able to make excellent progress.  Joined by Aaron at the weekend, they have almost completed the SSAB […]

No sooner has Storm Eunice departed to the east than the yellow wind warning for the weekend was turned into another storm warning: Storm Franklin will be with us from midday on Sunday through to midday on Monday, with forecast gusts of over 42 knots/48 mph.  Three named storms in one week; just when we […]

What a week!  Typically, this was the week that the steel roof was due to be fitted so we were gifted with not one but 2 named storms: Storm Dudley (yellow warning) on Wednesday, which did not cause much of a problem; and Storm Eunice (red warning) on Friday which was accompanied by winds of […]

Good progress has been achieved over the past week.  We have also hosted visits from 2 potential Insul Hub clients. The core team Insul Hub expanded to 3 with Aidan joining Sam and Lewis; the extra pair of hands meant that a lot was achieved in a relatively short space of time. On Monday morning, […]

Having been full-on last week, we were back to more delays this week! Despite best efforts to find a replacement, we were unable to get a crane on site until Thursday so there was no work for 3 days, Monday to Thursday, as everything was held up awaiting the placement of the ladder racks on […]

The team hit the ground running this week! On Monday, we had the concrete pour which had been delayed from last week.  This amounted to some 5.5m3 to complete the concrete in the top floor walls and around the steel seats and window positions.  This went well other than the web of one block right […]

We have seen good progress on site over the last week. On Monday, Sam and Lewis of Insul Hub carried out final checks of all of the levels and seats for the roof steels to be placed. Tuesday dawned a cold and frosty morning, which was probably not ideal for steel placing.  However, with the […]

Happy New Year! We were back to work on 4 January with a team of 4 on site.  However, each day, we lost one to illness (none were Covid related) so that by Thursday and Friday only Sam was still at work!  Nevertheless, he managed to complete all the posi-joists for the top floor and […]

The supply chain continues to challenge the project programme and defeat each and every deadline! The week of Monday 13 December started well with the concrete beams being delivered first thing by Peppards Building Supplies and all of the beams then being lifted into place on the same day using a crane from Earp Lifting.  […]

Another frustrating week awaiting supplies which are now all on the critical path! On Wednesday, the final delivery of HB20 Isotex blocks arrived direct from Italy.  These are needed to complete the internal walls for the core of the house. On Friday morning, we received a long awaited delivery of high density blocks for the […]