February Update - Week 47

We both got very excited this week at the prospect of getting a heat source in the barn, we have connected the wood burning stove flues to reach almost to the ridge. We just have to wait for a dry day to punch it through the lead flashing unit and we can finally start trying to reduce our very large wood pile outside.

The rooms are also taking shape very quickly as we begin partitioning between the rooms- see below. We have used over 460 metres of 4x2 already and what must be thousands of screws!

February Update- Weeks 45-46

After a week off for Dave's MBA exams it was back to preparing the inside of the barn for first fix electricals and plumbing. We ordered in over 400 metres of 4x2 treated timber for battening the internal walls ready for insulating. As none of the walls are vertical inside we ended up losing quite a bit of space as you can see from the pictures.

We were lucky to have the help of Hugo and Louise at the weekend and with their valued input we noticeably transformed the barn into 'house'. After a lengthy debate we also managed to fix some of the electrical sockets in the lounge and bedroom 3.

January Update - Weeks 42-43


After the excitement of the weekend fitting windows it was back to the slow steady progress only being two on site.

However we have officially reached a wind and watertight stage having fitted the majority of the glazing. It was a nerve-racking process delicately manouvering the double glazed units into position which wasn't helped by the fact it was almost freezing conditions outside!

We also picked up the wood burning stove- all 220 kilos of it, which now stands in prime position in the centre of the barn.