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If you read only one book before designing your conversion or renovation, then I recommend that you make it this one. I love patterns!

Location, Location, Location! pah, that's old hat we all know that the new mantra of home-building is Insulation, Insulation, Insulation.

Read more about - Lime mortar, VAT on conversions and managing woodland for fuel.

Tiling tips - learn from my mistakes!

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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On Boxing Clever? by Built in bed | my barn conversion on March 12th, 2010
[...] of practicality and desire. Practical because part of the construction can be used to solve my tricky carpentry challenge...

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),...

On Gas Pipeline Woes by The four new English “eco-towns” | my barn conversion on February 10th, 2010
[...] my first thought was ‘glad they’re not on my doorstep’ , but then I have a bloody big gas...

On Building Progress ~ August 2009 by Building Progress ~ January 2010 | my barn conversion on February 8th, 2010
[...] foray into the world of tiling can be quicker and more effective than the last one, the thought of...

On Insulation by Logs | my barn conversion on February 5th, 2010
[...] Location, Location! pah, that's old hat we all know that the new mantra of home-building is Insulation, Insulation, Insulation...

On Logs 2 by Future Fuel | my barn conversion on February 5th, 2010
[...] Logs 2 [...]

On The Healthy House by Green Business on February 2nd, 2010
Thank you for this checklist - I might use it in future when building a green house of my own!...

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
My first visit here... great blog! I always say, if you want to be really green, don't build a new...

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....


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    MBC goes Twitter

    Category: Site Announcements March 30th, 2009 by mbc

    Seems everyone is doing it so why not MyBarnConversion…?

    I’ve created a Twitter account for mbc - barnconversion

    I’ll use it to post the latest thoughts, progress and decisions made regarding the development of the barn. As well as a chronological view of what’s happening and when, I hope it’ll act as a to-do list for me - let’s see how it goes.

    A list of most recent twits can be found toward the bottom of the right-hand sidebar ( that’s over there >>>>> )

    Keep twitting…

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    "Starter for 10" series on MBC on August 20th, 2009
    Having dabbled in all sorts of areas of building and do-it-yourself that I really have should left alone, I thought I'd record (should I ever...

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    Online - recommended #2 on May 4th, 2009
    A couple more useful sites that I've used recently and can recommend.

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    New bed on September 24th, 2009
    Somewhat in anticipation of being able to take up residence we've bought a great new bed for the barn.

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    A Place of My Own on January 20th, 2010
    For anyone with an interest in building, conversion or renovation, or in just getting your hands dirty, Michael Pollans 'A Place of My Own' is...

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    Stoneworks on February 22nd, 2010
    One thing I realised from my recent post on the downstairs travertine floor was that I haven't recommended Stoneworks who are the company I bought...

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    MBC Photos now on Flickr

    Category: Site Announcements November 2nd, 2008 by mbc

    With the somewhat baffling success of our YouTube videos now playing on Channel MBC …

    (Serving over 1,000 discerning TV viewers to date!)

    I thought I should turn my attention to still photographs and using the best of the web to make them available to you.

    Please join our new My Barn Conversion flickr group

    My intention is to use this feed for pictures of progress and key stages and developments. Keep checking back!

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    You might also like to view my more arty photographs under the name of bochgoch.

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    Hot water system now commissioned on June 17th, 2009
    We've got the heating and hot water system up and running! It took a couple of attempts.

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    Online - recommended #2 on May 4th, 2009
    A couple more useful sites that I've used recently and can recommend.

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    "Starter for 10" series on MBC on August 20th, 2009
    Having dabbled in all sorts of areas of building and do-it-yourself that I really have should left alone, I thought I'd record (should I ever...

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    New bed on September 24th, 2009
    Somewhat in anticipation of being able to take up residence we've bought a great new bed for the barn.

    category: 'Site Announcements' (1)

    Stoneworks on February 22nd, 2010
    One thing I realised from my recent post on the downstairs travertine floor was that I haven't recommended Stoneworks who are the company I bought...

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    My Barn Conversion Is Changing…

    Category: Site Announcements October 30th, 2008 by mbc

    We’ll be making a few changes to My Barn Conversion over the coming weeks. Hopefully they won’t cause any problems but if you notice anything strange around here don’t worry it’s not the Halloween effect, it’s just progress…

    If you enjoyed that post, then read these...

    A Place of My Own on January 20th, 2010
    For anyone with an interest in building, conversion or renovation, or in just getting your hands dirty, Michael Pollans 'A Place of My Own' is...

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    Online - recommended on December 15th, 2008
    I spend a far amount of time sourcing goods for the barn on the internet so here's a summary of some of my favourite sites...

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    The large window on the yard side of the barn on September 7th, 2008
    barn window

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    Passive Solar Design as a Word Cloud on June 25th, 2008
    One of the (admittedly very dull) things that I spend quite a lot of time thinking about and experimenting with is the presentation of information.

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    VAT for barn convertors - Update March 2009 on March 8th, 2009
    It's been a while since a VAT update so I thought I'd review the current position, especially in view of the pre-Christmas credit-crunch fuelled reduction...

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    Forum Competition

    Category: Site Announcements June 22nd, 2008 by mbc

    I’d love the forum to become a useful resource for asking questions and getting answers related to ‘healthy house’, sustainable, ecological & environmentally aware building. There are other places out there to ask questions but they can at times be daunting, unwelcoming sorts of places. I want to keep things friendly and inclusive here.
    To encourage [...]

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    mybarnconversion.com Discussion Forum now open!

    Category: Site Announcements June 11th, 2008 by mbc

    I’ve long considered adding a forum to this site mainly to allow questions to be asked in a general manner rather than tied to a specific post. So, after fiddling about with it for a while, here is the new…
    mybarnconversion.com Discussion Forum
    My Barn Conversion Forum is the place for discussion of sustainable, ecological & [...]

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