The tower beams in place
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North West view of extension
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Genoise finished along west side
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Wind generator - Planning the hoisting up operation
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Digging the holes for the base of our 2kw wind generator. It's easy with a digger of course !
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East side of our house extension
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The stone facing takes a long time but it looks lovely
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Green oak roof beam almost finished
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This is the pond we dug for the rainwater from the house. When we've finished building the house, we'll extend the pond and use the clay to cover the straw insulation on the inside.
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I love this view of the terrace from the kitchen
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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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Almost ready to cover...
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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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Winter sun for drying socks
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The three three metre sections - the mast of the windgenerator
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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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Home made "ancient" tiles finished in the kitchen. My dream was to have terre cuite but it was just too expensive. This has turned out well and was cheap and easy to do but it was a lot of work.
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Our neighbour lifting the first beam with his tractor crane
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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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The last of the three main beams being placed gently on to the walls
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Winter solstice sun in the kitchen. Our house is orientated to be heated in the winter by the sun. Underneath the home-made tiles which act as a heat sump, we've insulated with straw bales. Walking about barefoot (as hippies do) is a real pleasure.
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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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Shaping and finishing the beams
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Position of masonry stove seen from north wall
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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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To the left here we'll build a conservatory.
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Tying in wall corners - I'm very nervous about this part being done well.
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The connection between the two buildings
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House extension with little pond 111
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A long shot showing the two buildings plus waiting roof tiles
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The door from the upstairs mezzanine will lead into the first floor hall and bedrooms
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The stone cladding - laid prematurely here just to use up some cement we had left and get rid of the stone lying around the site.
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Channels for the drains outside the house, the walls will be painted several times with hot bitumen to keep out the damp
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The new terrace in use in high summer 2006
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I've just finished the sides and tiles of the last window on the "old" house!
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Extension side - work begins
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August BBQ with evening sun in fireplace
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Third beam on the back terrace and a nice shot of the new gloriette
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Last few home-made "tiles" are grouted at last. We used this area to stock wood and I just never got round to finishing the floor until today !
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Back terrace from the gloriette. I'll be glad to finally crepis those ugly grey blocks !!!
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Kitchen-from-hall
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first beam in place for the back terrace
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Fab\'s-reading-space
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Fab's unfinished bathroom
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Door-fromthe-office
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Mini-digger-arrives
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The new beams for the extension are cut and stacked to let them dry out.
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Our extension planning permission has finally gone through!
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The-mud-room
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Monardas and Max on a really hot summer's day. The house is nice and cool in summer.
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Temporary-kitchen
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Fabrice-in-the-new-kitchen
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The caldron heats the water & radiators upstairs
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The loo in my bedroom finished with a lovely view.
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Seat-and-view-to-my-bedroom
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Finished the walls in the upstairs hall
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Putting-the-paintings-up-af
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winter-kitchen
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