Bedroom refurb continues

Bedroom refurb has continued. Boxing in the tie beam of the truss and filling the void with a bookcase, new dark green paint job, new laminate floor - the old floor boards were poorly laid by the previous owner and despite numerous sanding and repainting by me and susie, always looked awful.

 Still to do - the upper gable wall in lime and hemp, skirting boards and the mezzanine ceiling.

Wardrobes part 2

After moving our built in wardrobes about a year ago and recycling the framing to make new ones, nothing much happened because of works on the barn. Finally I found some doors which were more or less the right width. Unfortunately they were about 450mm/18 inches too high. I cut them down to size, removed the bottom rail and panel, cut the panel a bit shorter still, routed its bottom edge to match the thickness of the other three edges, then remounted and glued the bottom rail....so now they fit! Still have to frame the cubby holes on the right but I'll have to wait until the DIY place has restocked with the planed pine I used.

There's a couple of weeks until windows, doors and solar panels are fitted, so we might finally finish our bedroom refurbishment. Painting and reflooring planned.

Finally cut through the rocks and finished the rustic oak frame. Just a bit of pointing to tidy things up.

 

Digging

A busy week with an excavator (mini-pelle) connecting the barn to the septic tank and water supply and also installing electric and internet cables for the new solar panels will need to be connected to the meter in the house. 

All tidy...it looked like the Somme yesterday with somme of the trenches 1.20m deep. Still have an inspection chamber cover to install where the vertical pipe is.

New water connection and stop valve

resculpted banks - less steep easier to strim

Pulling these cables was a sod - I hadn t counted on there being three screened data cables as well in the duct

Whilst I had the excavator, I also dug out the ground on the otherside of the new door and started resculpting the bank above the new retaining wall.