July Update - Week 68

The plasterer has been on site for 1 week and has plastered all three bedrooms! (thats bedroom 1 in the picture).Downstairs is all ready for plastering and dab & boarding (on the gable end wall which is breeze block inside as you can see below).We somehow managed to miss all the wet weather the UK experienced over the weekend so were able to start building the small retaining wall alongside the east facing side of the building. We certainly have enough stone left on site to build it with but obviously the stone masons got to all the regular shaped stones first.

July Update Week 67

Firstly a picture of our new flat garden (still with a mountain of old oak timbers) created by John the 'diggerman'.

This week was frantically spent sanding and protecting the oak trusses inside in advance of the plasterer starting.

July Update - Weeks 64-66

Groan- I'm aching all over, but it is worth it, after a back breaking weekend of putting up the ceilings we can just about say we have finished the plasterboarding!! I think we were both a bit downheartened by the length of time it all took but is very rewarding as the place is transformed into a light airy space. The wires you see are for the spot lights throughout the ground floor.

The plasterer is due on site next week so we have a bit of preparation and protective coverings to get in place before that happens.

While we were stuck indoors missing out on the sunshine, John, the digger man, spent 3 days outside levelling the garden while the weather was fine. We now have a terraced area for lawn and a flat parking area round to the side of the barn- photos to follow next week.