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Keep your building site dry and secure when you build your home


June 29, 2009

I have recently been working on a self build project and needed to ensure I could put away my tools from thieves. found a company offering containers for sale and got in contact with them|I got in contact with a business offering containers for sale} and they advised me on a particular product in their range which was site accommodation, the on site accommodation provided me with a place to do office work and have breaks but also provided me somewhere to store my gear at the close of each day. The Containers had the brilliant reputation of never having been broken into. 

Needing a cost effective way of keeping the site dry when I built up the structure because I was going to be constructing it by hand in cob and straw bale. I spoke to a UK marquee manufacturer about using one of their marquees as temporary storage over the foundations and first floor and they were very helpful in providing me with specs for the right kind of storage. I also looked at a separate temporary warehouse marquee for the working area and storage of the bales and cob. The Canopy would give me enough protection for the first stage of the construction including footings and lower walls and allow me to do the job in any weather.

I love oak so needed to use oak beams throughout the building, just because I really like the colour, feel and strength of oak. I found a timber supplier that had years of experience in oak and other timbers and they guided me on the most appropriate oak beams to select and cut them to length for me. I used them again for the oak flooring which I cant tell you how brilliant it looked. I used a decent wax on the oak flooring which brought out the wood grain brilliantly.

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