Around an ongoing barn conversion project, this website draws together advice, information and references to aid all would-be and current barn and non-residential building converters and renovators.

Our approach takes on board 'healthy house', sustainable, ecological & environmental concepts to as great a degree as timescales and budgets allow.

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That's a bit of a 'how long is a piece of string' question miss dee ennis and obviously depends on location, the approach you take to the project (architect / main contractor / self-managed with sub-contractors etc.

On Where have all the builders gone? by miss dee ennis on April 28th, 2008
I am thinking of buying a barn for myself and would be gratfull if someone could give me a ballpark figure as to how much this is likly to cost .

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Pointing (is rude?)

April 26th, 2007 by mbc

I’m going on a course tomorrow to learn the basics of using lime, with a view to working on the pointing of the stonework at the barn myself.

I’m going to take copies of some photo’s of the stonework which might help in asking sensible questions. I’m quite proud of my pretty stones (at least in my eyes) so I thought I’d share the pictures.

Enjoy!

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Damn the architect on February 26th, 2007
Having weighed up the pros and cons over the past few months of employing an architect in a 'full service' capacity we've decided to go it alone.

Cables on April 17th, 2008
Beautiful things electrical cables.

Lime Analysis on May 5th, 2007
Inspired to analyse the composition of my mortar, I improvised and placed a lump of mortar that I'd levered out of my wall in the strongest acid I could lay my hands on - white wine vinegar 8% acidity.

Building Progress ~ March 2008, week 1 & 2 on March 16th, 2008
We've now arrived at the stage where I need to get start getting services installed into the fabric of the building - first fix electrics and plumbing.

Building Progress ~ April 2008 on April 29th, 2008
I can't believe that April is drawing to a close and I've not managed an update since the end of March.

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