The winter sun's coming in from the west to warm the floor
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The woodburning stove's lit for winter. The home made "tile" floor is wearing well and it's nice and warm for bare feet
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The three three metre sections - the mast of the windgenerator
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Winter sun for drying socks
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This bit is of the roof beam is now finished all we have to do is find nuts that fit!
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Tracing the roof trusses on the back terrace
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We cut this oak from our woods a few months ago
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Facing the bricks with stone
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The beams define the space below and you can feel something happening
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Almost ready for the chainage then the roof
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Small beams in place on part of the ceiling
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Fabrice taking the shuttering off the big upright which will support the main beam. The Russian stove will be built between this and the wall.
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The shuttering for the main support beam for the two upstairs floors. The steel is in place, the pour's been done, nothing moved - so far so good. Now we have to wait three weeks before we can build higher so we'll work on the floor and walls to get the single storey part ready for the roof.
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Foundations for stove and uprights to support the two bedrooms above
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Wall rendered and painted with bitumen to keep out the damp. The drainage pipes are under the stones
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The last of the three main beams being placed gently on to the walls
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Moving in closer to the walls to put the first beam in place
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Fabrice directing our neighbour where to place the first beam
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Ready for putting on beams. We'll put them in place and work on the stove foundations for a while to let the beams weather.
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Our neighbour lifting the first beam with his tractor crane
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Position of masonry stove seen from north wall
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Shaping and finishing the beams
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Here we're going to build a Russian stove with an oven at the back of the stove on top of a work surface.
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Using bottles as insulation for under the floor
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