INTO THE VALLEY(S)
One other job that we had to do is as a result of a rather sorry tale. The expensive Accoya windows we installed in the mill in December...
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THE OLD MILL
Dec 17, 2022
THE ROOF IS TAKING SHAPE
Now we were into the fiddly timber work on the roof in terms of the valleys and framing round the mill itself. The valley bearers were to...
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Oct 28, 2022
A HOUSE STARTS TO EMERGE
The timber frames on the intersecting portion of the building that links the mill to the new build were added next. The roof on this...
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Oct 9, 2022
WORK ON THE TIMBER FRAME BEGINS
When the posi-joists were installed for the first floor the landing was left out as this is a much shorter span side to side (3.6m) which...
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Sep 20, 2022
GEARING UP FOR THE TIMBER FRAME
With the posi-joists in place they were infilled with concrete block on the inside skin and a course of block was laid around the outside...
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Aug 30, 2022
A STEEL BEAM, LINTELS AND JOISTS
With the walls at lintel height the lintels were now ready to be installed, but first there was the small matter of a piece of steel that...
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Aug 6, 2022
THE BUILDING STARTS GOING BACK UP AGAIN
After all the demolition, concrete, drains and, of course, the mess, we were at last ready to start building the new part of the house...
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Jul 2, 2022
MORE MESS...IT'S PROGRESS THOUGH!
Before we got too giddy about finally being in the rebuilding phase there was the small matter of the drainage to deal with. While the...
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Jun 21, 2022
WITH SOME TREPIDATION IT'S DEMOLITION TIME
In late May we had taken the decision to demolish the bungalow completely to make the build easier, but now the time was upon us to start...
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Jun 8, 2022
PHASE 2 IS LIFT OFF
The original projected completion date for phase 1 of the mill works was late October 2021, but we actually completed it in January 2022....
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May 11, 2022
A SLIGHT CHANGE OF PLAN
While phase 1 was being completed we had been thinking a lot about our design for the extending of the mill and were getting increasingly...
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Feb 4, 2022
AND... PHASE 1 IS COMPLETE
Once the roof was completed externally the ceiling needed reinstating inside the top bedroom. As we had effectively moved the roof up by...
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Oct 27, 2021
WATERTIGHT AGAIN WITH SOME BEAUTIFUL LEADWORK
The roof was progressing well even if we were now working stupidly long hours on it due to needing to have it ready for the lead...
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Oct 17, 2021
BUILDING THE NEW MILL ROOF FRAME
With the old roof now gone it was time to build the new one. In terms of the design we wanted to sit the roof down inside the mill walls...
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Oct 11, 2021
THIS WOULD BE EASY... IF IT WASN'T 12 METRES UP IN THE AIR
The first task on our Phase 1 list was the replacement of the top eleven courses of brickwork as the existing ones are crumbling due to...
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Sep 9, 2021
ASSESSING PHASE 1 OF THE WORKS
Phase 1 of the project was to pay some attention to the mill in the form of replacing the windows, addressing any issues with the roof...
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Jan 28, 2020
OUR 'GRAND DESIGN'
So, to the big one... this is the most major of our projects and hopefully the most fun even though it will likely also be the most...
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