MORE KITCHEN AND THE FINISH LINE
With the hard work with the kitchen done (units, plumbing, electrics) the finish line was now finally and genuinely in sight. The...
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THE OLD MILL
Apr 11, 2022
STARTING THE KITCHEN INSTALL
The last major job on the interior of the barn was the installation of the kitchen. In the recent past I had fitted two kitchens and on...
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Mar 23, 2022
DECORATING BEGINS & BATHROOMS GO IN
After another lengthy break from the project (while we undertook phase 1 of the mill project) the focus finally returned to the barn and...
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Jul 29, 2021
HOT RUNNING WATER AND HEATED FLOORS
The plant cupboard was tiled both on the walls and floor in readiness for the installation of the heating and hot water system. Once this...
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Mar 26, 2021
UNBELIEVABLE, WE'RE GETTING PLASTERED
With the floor installed work on the first fix wiring was then undertaken. All the cables run from the new consumer unit position in the...
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Nov 14, 2020
FINALLY! WORK ON THE INTERIOR BEGINS
After a summer spent building driveways, digging lakes and fencing paddocks we finally turned our attention back to the barn project and...
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Mar 29, 2020
SOME EXTERIOR COSMETICS
With the concrete shuttering built it was time for the ready mix truck to do its thing. Given we were still in winter at the time, and it...
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Jan 28, 2020
SLATES ON, WINDOWS IN, DRAINAGE DONE
With the building now strengthened internally it was time to slate the roof, but not before installing the Velux roof window for the...
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Dec 18, 2019
MAKING THE BUILDING WATERTIGHT AND STRONGER
With the ridge, purlins and wall plates installed the rafters could start to go on. These are 145 x 47 C16 timbers and were placed at 400...
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Oct 8, 2019
OFF WITH THE ROOF, ON WITH THE ROOF
With the brickwork now all sorted it was time to get rid of the asbestos roof. To facilitate this (and the installation of the new roof)...
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Aug 22, 2019
CAN WE MAKE THIS INTO A LUXURY HOLIDAY LET?
At the north west corner of our property lies the apple storage barn built in the early 1970s. It is essentially a simple rectangular...
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