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Hi. I'm not a builder but I have re-built our three homes over a thirty year period and to a reasonable standard - ish;-) A couple of years ago I deci...
Ok. This property was built in the 1860's as a school room and the part I'm now restoring was a small cow-shed. It is of a traditional undressed, cob...
This part was tricky. The previous "improver" had used 9inch solid blocks laid on their sides. Removing some 4 tons of concrete without disturbing the...
Very satisfying. That's the boring parts out of the way.
I'm assuming that The Barn had been converted into a garage as the rear opening was around 12ft wide. This opening needed to be closed and to have a n...
A simple case of blocking-up the opening with a cavity wall - tied-in to the existing masonry.
A 4inch concrete floor slab with sub-insulation and damp proof membrane.
Re-erection of the gable end.
I love working with wood. This is a job I've always wanted to tackle. This method is more expensive than having trusses delivered but is more in keepi...
This stage will have "real" builders choking on there bacon butties:-) For the life of me, I couldn't calculate the timber layers, particularly the la...
Fitting rafters takes a degree of accuracy to maintain a good level across the span of the roof. Keeping them parallel to one and other with 400mm cen...
The purlins support the rafters and are of a heavier timber - in this case, 6"X3".
The A frame, in turn, supports the purlins and is of a heavier timber again than the purlins, being 10"X4". They are seriously heavy and as I'm worki...
This procedure warrants no explanation, unless, you're interested in the spacing between the battens, which is a complete subject on it's own involvin...
An internal view of the roofing timbers before the slating work. Nice:-)
As mentioned in a previous step, slating has some quite involved aspects, and I don't pretend to be an expert. I would like to mention however, that, ...
At this point, childish impatience and enthusiasm got the better of me. As the roof was now on, I decided to crack on with the interior - telling myse...
As the roof is now on, it made sense to fit a door. Out of curiosity, I checked around the usual suppliers and was astounded by the cost. Okay, it's ...
Here, I'm faced with a multitude of varying surfaces and each of the four walls requires individual attention. Mainly comprising stone and concrete in...
The flooring is pretty straight forward. Firstly, I cross-fitted 2"X1" Tanalised battens with 400mm centers. The spacings can be adjusted at conveni...
The electrical work could prove to be quite involved and I'll be coming back to it later on in the project. Standard ring-mains can be problematic in ...
The project reached a point where it became impracticable for me to proceed without firstly removing the "blocked-off" doorway that conn...
The final remaining jobs include electrics, plastering, second-phase joinery, fitting a log-burning stove and decoration.
I was given two pitch-pine pew backs twenty odd years ago (thanks Francis) and I'm thrilled to have made good use out of one. the general construction...
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