New Pictures ~ Before
I’ve been promising these for a while, but eventually I’ve got there.
I’d added a whole new set of photographs of the barn to the site that I’ll use as my before photo’s. Hopefully, I can use these to demonstrate progress as the conversion goes on. Some of them are similar to other pictures I’ve taken in the past, but all these are new, taken at the end of October 2007 just before work began. That clear blue sky is typical of the weather we get in West Wales at that time of year (well at least sometimes) …
Here’s to progress…
If you enjoyed that post, then read these...
Copper Nails! on August 11th, 2006
There are all sorts in interesting(?) facts that you learn when you begin to dabble in an area with which you've had little previous experience (such as converting a shed to a house is to me).
Radon Report on May 23rd, 2007
Until I started researching the Healthy House concept, I’d always taken such things as the need for a radon survey with a pinch of salt; as a necessary evil, a piece of unavoidable paid-for bureaucracy.
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.
No Stalling on May 6th, 2007
The old cow or chicken shed that is to be our new kitchen was furnished with three wood framed loose-boxes.
Building Progress ~ March 2008, week 3 & 4 on April 8th, 2008
Progress has become a rather abstract term recently.
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