My Highland build 'blog'

[Andy M]

kennyctr said:

[lurking Engineer mode]Its a Glulam beam rather than a joist, by the looks of things[lurking Engineer mode]

Apologies, it is a beam. Is a glulam a beam made from several pieces of wood? Have not used one alike that shown in Steve's picture. Looks good

[kennyctr]

Yes, strips of laminated timber glued together to form a light and strong beam. Also has the added advantage of being quite stylish. Website if your interested www.glulam.co.uk/about.htm

[emicen]

Bump so I can stop having to search for this bugger on double figure pages!

[renmure]

Thanks for that blog. I am now running 30 mins late for a meeting, but it was a great read

Jim

[miniandy]

So Steve are you in the house yet?! We're all wanting to know!

[Phil Dicky]

Fantatsic blog and what a location, guess you'll need the quiet enviroment to get the blood pressure down.

[Corpulent Tosser]

Glad to see the progress on the house, I hadn't looked at the blog for a while, just one criticism - not enough photos of Charlie

[GetCarter]

I'm IN!

No broadband yet mind (BT are not that bright).

Anyway... a few pics of the finished wee hoose (sans furniture) here: www.stevecarter.com/build/build15.htm

I'm off to start unpacking.

Steve

[emicen]

Steve, congratulations on now residing in gods own country

I'll openly admit I'm jealous as hell, thats a mighty fine abode!

[dontfollowme]

I have just read the whole lot in one sitting. Very interesting and amusing.

Congratulations - it looks great.

[944gav]

The end result looks totally stunning. I think the amount of hassle you have had has put me off any idea of self build though - especially in the north west Highlands, although the views might make it just about worth the trouble You couldn't hope for a much better place to relax now its built though!

[john185k]

excellent Steve, and the figures table at the end makes for interesting/funny reading.

[northo]

Steve - when's the house warming party, my invitation seems to have been lost by the couriers?...................

[Kingdom]

What a great read. I've just sat and read this through in a "wunner". You really should consider fleshing this out and putting it into print; you're a natural.

Welcome to "God's Own Country" from the Kingdom of Fife.

Edited by Kingdom on Friday 1st September 01:10

[andy_s]

Thanks for the read Steve - where on earth did you get the time and/or energy to write it up on a website fgs?!

Very useful to me as a complete construction numpty looking at grasping the nettle and doing a few of this sort of thing myself, a great insight.

Enjoy!

Andy

[GetCarter]

Thanks for the kind words chaps... I've today posted the final entry. I guess I have to get out more from now on!

Steve

[andy_s]

GetCarter said:

Thanks for the kind words chaps... I've today posted the final entry. I guess I have to get out more from now on!

Steve

...and then I found out I was related to one of your contractors....not too surprising looking at the amount of them!!

[Kingdom]

GetCarter said:

Thanks for the kind words chaps... I've today posted the final entry. I guess I have to get out more from now on!

Steve

Steve,

There is a lot on your doorstep to get "out more from now on" to - enjoy!

[CraigAlsop]

GetCarter said:

Thanks for the kind words chaps... I've today posted the final entry. I guess I have to get out more from now on!

Steve

Excellent blog - very inspirational. I hope it's all worthwhile over the coming years - it's certainly a beautiful part of the country you've chosen to live in. (Please stop showing all those pictures, or everyone will want to emigrate & fill the roads full of numpties )

[Catz]

Amazing house in an amazing part of Scotland!

Your blog was a great read too.

My brother built a house in Skye a few years ago so I can sympathise about the problems associated with self builds on the West Coast!