Day 200. April 17th - BarnBoys go a-landscaping

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Moling hole all filled in

BEFORE

AFTER

View to the West

View from South Elev

The Start of the Party Terrace

Pain au Raisin Mound (you had to be there)

Underfloor Heating Pipes Lower deck and start of fireplace block work

Hello Inspector Walt, I can see you!

Under-stair uplighter tubes and data cable docking station!

South Elevation Underfloor heating pipes and more wiring for plug sockets

'Can't see any cookie crumbs, can we go now?!'

Rock Wool or something like that. Yet more insulation stuff to shove in the interior walls. I know it's your favourite job M'hat and Tim

Happy Easter everyone.  I sacrificed the lamb, so to speak, to get up to date with my blog posts.  I will go back, in due course, and add a bit of commentary here and there to the pics.

Must away, the Easter Bunny is calling......
Love
BarnGirl
xx

Day 194 - 195. April 12th - Front, Back and Sides

BarnGirl went off on a few courses for a week or so, leaving the BarnBoys in peace, to crack on inside and out, while overseeing Robert's fine job on the oak framed windows. Yes, the temporary Celotex 'wind holes' have been replaced with real windows, inviting loads of natural light in the upper deck.

M'hat Matt and Smiley Tim are now shivering indoors, finishing off insulation and ply work.  Evidently, the layers of insulation are working!  Or is it because you've lost so much weight due to the lack of cakes recently?! Sorry, guys. Fear not, Kitchen AID is back.

Ply boards to protect the floor of freshly screeded upper deck

NW Front

North East Front

East Wing

Upper Deck screed drying nicely

Master Bed Screeded

A penny for your thoughts, Inspector Walt!

Air Source Heat Pump Plinth

Another rather large Boys' Toy appears on site

Digger Ryan's back. This time digging up BarnGirl's garden

On to the next to see what Digger and the boys have been up to....
Love
BarnGirl
xx

Day 188. April 5th - Laying the Underfloor Heating Pipes

Saturday morning and Mr Wickens was making great progress in the upper deck, laying reel upon reel of underfloor heating pipes. The heat will be generated by the Air Source Heat Pump outside. More of that another day....I'm still catching up on woefully delayed posts!

Looks like it's going to be a cosy hall

Hall - from inside out

U/floor heating pipes through hall to recording studio, bedroom and bathroom 2

Bathroom 2

But lo, who could this be asleep on the pipes? Goldilocks? I'd better go and check my porridge

Master Bedroom u/floor heating pipes

'They're looking hot hot hot'

Which one says 'ON'?

Underfloor Heating HQ

Great job, Mr Wickens. BarnGirl and Inspector Walt came up later to bring you a bag of cakes for your Saturday kindness. Sorry we missed you.

On to the next......
Love 
BarnGirl
xx

Day 184. April 1st - Upper Deck Floor Insulation Goes Down

Spaghetti Junction gets more spaghetti

Off hall to recording studio and Bedroom  2

The Dumb Waiter's room

Floor insulation in Ensuite, to/from wastepipe

Depth of insulation in Bedroom 2....cosy cosy

Inspector Walt says 'great insulation, but a bit slip slidy for me'

Master Bedroom floor insulation

Master Bedroom insulation and ply to ensuite and dressing room

On to the next....rumour has it Mr Wickens returns to fit the underfloor heating pipes in the Upper deck.
Methinks I won't be cold!
 
Love
BarnGirl
xx

Day 173 - 181. March 21st - 29th - Seth Returns to Add Beautiful Oak Cladding

BarnGirl and a new look Inspector Walt wandered up to the barn looking forward to inspecting today's activity - the fitting of some of the oak window frames and the return of Captain Seth, to make a start on the oak feathered-weather boarding.

Inspector Walt sashayed on site, in his light weight Summer capsule collection, hoping for a thumbs up from the BarnBoys and Pup Brody.

BarnGirl was required to confirm 'window furniture', a trumped up term for the metal thingy which opens and closes the windows.  I believe the proper name is cockspur and risers, but that just sounds rude! 

North Elevation

West Elev

As if by magic, the scaffolding is removed.......

So pleased with the oak cladding going up on the West elev. Looks great with the oak window frames. BarnGirl won't be painting the barn with any dodgy black paint. It'll be left to mature naturally to a silvery grey. 


What a fine job, BarnBoys.
On to the next
Love
BarnGirl
xx