So, it’s 7 months since we moved in and we’d love to say at this points that everything is finished and its all rest and relaxation at the Tin Barn. Obviously that’s not how the story ends and although we’ve done loads since moving in, it’s not quite all finished but we are getting closer. We’ve also had some very hot weather over the summer (remember summer?), so how has the house fared?
Continue reading “Living in a Barn – part 2”
*** Just realised I never posted this – needless to say the snow has melted since then. Stay tuned for living in a Barn Pt 2 – The Hot Edition.
We’ve been living in our house since early Feb and while it’s not yet finished it has rapidly become home. Before we decided to go down the passivehouse route we did some research (ie. Googled stuff) to see what such a home might be like.
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We have a sliding bathroom door (make your own Star Trek noise)! This is quite the event for privacy fans so great progress. The other big news this week is we have planted our wildflower meadow.
Continue reading “Plot twist”
Our excitement at moving-in is still sky high, matched only by our inability to remember where we’ve packed all the useful things. As you might imagine, it doesn’t feel real that, after all the talk, hype and challenges we have actually managed to build a house. It’s even better, with the snow falling at the moment, that we’ve actually managed to build a warm house. The biggest question we now get asked is, ‘what needs finishing?’ So here goes …
Continue reading “So what’s left to do?”
Sorry for the lack of updates, lots has been going on including a trip to the Alps. While the mountains provided a much needed distraction, the pandemic taught us all that you can still do work, nag people and get stressed remotely from the comfort of a sofa, however far away.
Continue reading “We have a piece of paper”
Our new heat pump has been up and running for about a month now and so far all seems pretty good. As mentioned previously, how a box can get heat from air at minus 5 degrees is beyond me, and explanations such as ‘it’s just a reverse fridge’ and, ‘that’s thermodynamics for you’ really haven’t provided any insight.
Continue reading “Daemons and dust”Like a summer traffic jam on the M5 we inch closer towards the Barn being finished and are now probably, almost definitely, nearly there. So as we start 2023 a few ‘before’ and ‘after’ pictures showing the overall progress.
Continue reading “What a difference a year makes”
Following our massive cleanup (huge thanks to all our friends) the site was then ready for the return of the ground workers. Scheduled to take 10 days they instead decided to make the most of the blue sky and threw everything at it.
Continue reading “Diggerworld”
Life and a variety of other excuses means we are a bit behind on the blog updates. The most exciting news is that the scaffolding has finally gone to reveal the Tin Barn in all it’s glory! This also gives our ground workers the green light to start on the final landscaping1 which in turn means we needed to have a massive site clear up this weekend.
Continue reading “Power of the Ancients”
It’s all about high-up things at the moment as we push to get ceilings and roofs finished so that other work can begin. The first job was sanding the high vaulted ceiling in the Tin Barn.
Continue reading “Roofscapes”
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