Outbuildings: Week 27, Day 5

Outbuildings: Week 27, Day 5

Quite a busy day, with deliveries of 15 of the lighting fixtures and – notably – of the main set of doors and windows. These were custom made in Latvia (by Arbo Windows) and arrived in one large crate, weighing more than 700kg.

The windows and doors being off-loaded (just the one boxed-in pallet; the other items on the lorry were destined for different customers)

There were also deliveries of the first layer of fibreglass insulation for the ‘loft’ and the plasterboard that will be installed on the ceilings of the Workshop and Utility Room (only).

The weather has turned showery again, but in between the showers the build team made good progress with the first of two decorative ‘buttresses’ that are reproducing a feature from the original barn (likely retrofitted to the original barn when the original walls started to move on their very limited foundations).

Work-in-progress on one of the Buttresses by the Garage doors, reproducing a feature from the original barn building

Outbuildings: Week 22, Day 2

Outbuildings: Week 22, Day 2

More progress on tiling the roof. The West-facing section of the Workshop roof is completely tiled (except for the ridge) and the North-facing section of the Utility Room roof was mostly complete by the end of the day.

The plan is to continue around the back of the buildings, leaving the area that will receive the recessed solar panels until last – allowing time for the (separate) team who will be installing those to schedule their time on site.

The Barn Door, Stable Door and Stable Window were delivered by Monarch Equestrian. Those won’t be able to be installed until the scaffolding comes down.