THE OLD MILL

With the hard work with the kitchen done (units, plumbing, electrics) the finish line was now finally and genuinely in sight. The...

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...

After another lengthy break from the project (while we undertook phase 1 of the mill project) the focus finally returned to the barn and...

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...

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...

After a summer spent building driveways, digging lakes and fencing paddocks we finally turned our attention back to the barn project and...

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...

With the building now strengthened internally it was time to slate the roof, but not before installing the Velux roof window for the...

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...

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)...

At the north west corner of our property lies the apple storage barn built in the early 1970s. It is essentially a simple rectangular...