With the new paddock fence now in place the sheep would have a secure home and therefore in early 2020 two Ouessant lambs were acquired. These were chosen as fully grown they are still quite small and hence we felt would be more manageable (you can tell we’re not farmers can’t you?). They were initially very happy in their new home, but it wasn’t long before they put in a request for a shed/stable/living quarters, or at least I was told it was them... hmmmmm! Anyway, as such it was decided we would build a small 4m x 3m stable in a similar style to the sheds we had built elsewhere on the property.
So a concrete base was set out, shuttered and duly cast. A row of bricks was then laid around the perimeter of this (leaving a gap for the door) and timber frames were built up using 75 x 47 C16 timber. These were bolted down to the bricks and to each other to form the sides of the stable with all the timber being given a coat of Sadolin (exposed timbers after install, those butting up to the brickwork and each other being coated before the install). Next 100 x 47 C16 rafters were fitted (the frame was designed to give a roof pitch of around 7.5 degrees) and again these were coated with Sadolin. Onduline black bitumen corrugated was then installed on the roof laid on 12mm OSB sarking board (over battens to take the full length of the roof screws as per the earlier sheds project). The walls were then covered in 16mm Sadolin coated shiplap cladding installed over Rhino Vent breathable membrane. A treated stable door was then purchased and fitted before the interior of the walls were lined with OSB. A gutter was then attached to the rear with a water butt collection system installed and the front of the stable was paved with two rows of 600 x 600 concrete paving while the internal floor was painted with two coats of floor paint.
This could then be used as a straw/hay store for winter feed and as a shelter for the sheep.
The stable being built (with the sheep inspecting their luxury living quarters).
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