{"id":6810,"date":"2025-11-04T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=6810"},"modified":"2025-11-04T18:42:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T18:42:48","slug":"outbuildings-week-35-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=6810","title":{"rendered":"Outbuildings: Week 35, Day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251104T1200Z.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251104T1200Z.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251104T1200Z-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251104T1200Z-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251104T1200Z-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251104T1200Z-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Outbuildings: Week 35, Day 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Better weather than had been forecast &#8211; windy but dry &#8211; enabling all the threshold drains around the Courtyard to be installed. The Garage doors need to have level thresholds so it&#8217;s essential for those to have drains to prevent water seeping under the roller shutters, but around the Courtyard there will be a step up to all the doors, of two brick courses, so the drains aren&#8217;t <em>strictly<\/em> necessary &#8211; but they could be raised if any of the doors need level access in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"6813\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_5288-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_5288-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_5288-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_5288-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_5288-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_5288-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_5288-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Threshold drain under one of the narrow pedestrian doors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"6814\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_5287-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_5287-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_5287-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_5287-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_5287-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_5287-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_5287-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Threshold drain under the wide &#8216;barn&#8217; door<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A few other odd-jobs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Repairing the broken drain pipe discovered yesterday<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Checking the heat pump outdoor unit that was delivered at 7pm yesterday<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reviewing the work required to connect the water mains &#8211; and concluding the still-open excavations need a bit more hand-digging before proceeding<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Better weather than had been forecast &#8211; windy but dry &#8211; enabling all the threshold drains around the Courtyard to be installed. 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