I like the way the plinth steps out as you go down. Gives it a wider foundation I guess.
They've cut window openings in the OSB - makes it look more of house, or at least, more of a residential building.
On the west side, rafter feet with fascia board ready for painting.
And here they are, painted. Note how the roof bows out at the centre. Means each rafter foot had to be cut to size to reduce the curve on the fascia board where the guttering will be.
They've nailed a strip of ply over the rafters to assist and support the kick at the bottom of the slope.
Our friendly local pheasant wandering about in the long grass in the back garden. Mind you, I'm assuming it's always the same one but have no proof. Maybe there's a whole colony (flock?) of them encamped out there. They're very quiet if there are. Or perhaps the barn is a major staging post on a migration route for pheasants in search of a better life. Or assylum seeking pheasants running away from the Glorious 12th or whatever the open season for pheasants is called. Nice thought - that we could become a refugee camp for displaced game birds. Or am I getting carried away again? And where did I put that 12 bore?
The utility room wall minus the boarding. It's one of the two internal walls in the original barn, clad in boarding like the external walls. It could be evidence that the barn has been added to, so that sections of wall originally external become internal. Or perhaps that's just how they did walls.
The other one is the wall between the kitchen and the study. Doesn't look much like a kitchen, does it? Just you wait. And wait. And wait. ...
A view along the scaffold. Love the view from up there. We're wondering whether the planners might allow us to build a platform or a balcony at roof level. Perhaps not. Perhaps we should buy ourselves some scaffolding and leave it there forever. They couldn't object to that as it's not a permanent structure. Cool idea huh?
And finally
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