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On Travertine tiling - pictures by Downstairs tiled floor | my barn conversion on February 18th, 2010
[...] time and money in planning, sourcing and then fitting. It’s been completed for a while now (since August 2009),...

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[...] my first thought was ‘glad they’re not on my doorstep’ , but then I have a bloody big gas...

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On The Healthy House by Green Business on February 2nd, 2010
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On Air Source Heat Pump by Feed-in tariffs … coming soon to a roof near you!? | my barn conversion on February 2nd, 2010
[...] On Air Source Heat Pump by Pete on January 12th, 2010I'm in a barn conversion with a GSHP supplied...

On Building Progress ~ December 2009 by Gina on January 22nd, 2010
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On Design Patterns ~ my choices by Alexanders Pattern Language | My Place Of My Own on January 21st, 2010
[...] also think I’d selected too many patterns, choosing mainly those that fit, rather than those that I really valued....

On A Pattern Language - Towns Buildings Construction by Alexanders Pattern Language | My Place Of My Own on January 21st, 2010
[...] inspiration, but this time one that I’d previously used was Alexanders Pattern Language [review on MyBarnConversion.com]. I’d applied this...


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    Living room windows

    Category: Vital Statistics November 17th, 2009 by mbc

    Picture with measurements of both of the living room windows - one photo two sets of measurements. Only where the two windows vary are both measurements given. Just for the record the picture is of the left side window (I think!)

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    Windows shuttered on December 31st, 2009
    For as long as we've been planning and designing the conversion of the barn the issue of how to screen the large window on the...

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    A Room With A View on July 25th, 2008
    I promised I'd post a picture of the view from the gable end bedroom so here it is.

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    Windows on July 21st, 2008
    We have windows and a couple of doors, both big and small and all of them white.

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