Master Bedroom at Barrrusclet

Just spotted another good photo of what will be the master bedroom.

Efillate Panels

Norbert is delivering efillate panels for our new roof. They are massive insulated panels that will form the basis of the roof. New beams will support them, and then they will have canal tiles on top.

Norbert visits Barrusclet

How exciting ...... Norbert D comes to Barrusclet .....Goodness knows how he is ever going to turn around ... perhaps we will have to keep him. What is he bringing?

Block and Beam flooring

We are making an upstairs in the house by using block and beam flooring.....this should ensure good sound insulation. The house up until now does not have an upstairs, it doesn't even have any stairs. This area of the building may have been used for hay storage in the past. The columbage panel you can see (the bits of wood on the beam), still has cowpoo and mud infills. This space will become bedrooms 2 and 3 of our house.

The Master Bedroom at Barrusclet

Well, I am jumping forward for a brief look at the future. This blog is retrospective, and the work which began in Summer 2007 was finished, and the house ready to live in from the Summer of 2009. Just in case you are following this I thought a quick after shot might stop you from getting too depressed. This is the finished room from the previous post where Mark's shadow can be seen taking a picture of the concrete belt.

Concrete Belt

October 2007
The entire roof is off the farmhouse, and you can see the concrete belt which stabalises the whole building. That's Mark taking the picture. The space in the picture will become the master bedroom at Barrusclet.

Misty morning at Barrusclet

October 2007, early in the morning.