Bit sad, but it has to be done. Battening the internal wall frame in preparation for plaster boarding, at which point the open frame will disappear. But we've decided that most of this studwork will remain visible, so the battens are being set back from the front edge of the timbers.
The door linings have been primed - white.
The steel channel under the wall plate over West door has, at last, been put up. It's one of those jobs that always get left for later. And difficulties with the plates at each end of the channel didn't help.
Weather boarding South end is now all in place. Beginning to look like a barn again, rather than a Christmas cake.
Now that the steel over the West door opening is in place ...
... the West door frame can be fitted. It will be two bifold doors at the bottom and four large panes of glass at the top.
Meanwhile, electricity 1st fix continues apace
Installation of the weather boarding has moved to the West side of the barn. Did you know that they start from the bottom and work up? Each board overlaps the board below and is nailed along it's bottom edge, clear of the board below. That way, as the board expands and contracts due to the weather it is free to move without putting strain on the fixings and without disrupting the structure. Clever huh?
Issues we've had to deal with this week include
- Still agonising over what type of doors - framed ledged & braced, solid veneer, suffolk latches or lever handles blah blah blah
- Showers, what kind, surface mounted or recessed, what manufacturer, and what about a shower bath- Utility room layout, what units to put where, what kind of surface, how to line up the sink and washing machine with the way the drains have been put in - oh dear
- similar anguish over the Kitchen layout, and what cooker to get
- Pipe runs for heat recovery units, ducting and and boxing in
- Water quality, how to deal with the high Iron and Manganese results from the borehole tests
And finally
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