December Update Week 37

Back from holiday and raring to go, Dave and dad have had a busy week and have oiled and fitted four of the oak windows. The three kitchen full length windows which face south and the bedroom three window on the north facing gable end of the barn.

The utility room is now fairly sealed to the elements after the framework and breathable membrane was fitted to the south facing gable end wall of the utility room. This will eventually have horizontal wood panelling on the exterior.

With my (and Noodle’s) help at the weekend we managed to lay all the floor insulation (60mm thick Kingspan Kooltherm; a rigid phenolic insulation core with foil facings) on the ground floor. We also attached breathable membrane to the inside of all the external stone walls to prevent any moisture ingress.

December Update Week 36

As the barn is now virtually watertight we allowed ourselves a holiday so no update for this week except for a couple of beautiful pictures.....

November Update Weeks 33-35

Finally the roofers have finished slating the roof and it looks fantastic. Over the last 2 weeks Dave and dad oiled and fixed all the oak soffit and fascia boards which you can see just under the roof in the pictures.

Once these were fitted all the gaps between the stone work and fascia boards were plugged with render to stop all the many resident birds from settling in.

As the contractors have now finished on site we were able to lay the services in the utility room so we now have a fully connected soil pipe system all ready for toilets and capped off sink drainage pipes. The hardcore and sand was then laid ready for the final concrete floor.


Another timely job finished just in time for the season downpours was the guttering which provided to be quite a difficult job when none of the edges on our barn are straight!