Updates as and when time is available.
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April - Weather sunny warm
and much longer days.
The hall way pointing is now finished.
Also outside the corner of the workshop has be taken down and rebuilt,
as it had some very large ivy roots which had to come out. Inside the
kitchen dining room we the started the walls for the utility room and WC
which will also support the floor for the minstrel gallery.
With the help of the stone mason, Brian Evans and his helper Ludo...
Manoir Renovations
L'Esthuer, 22600 Saint Barnabé, Loudéac
Tel: 02 96 26 70 21 / 06 78 26 63 96
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Casting lintels above the door ways and finishing the dinning room fire
place, timber treated with linseed oil and turpentine as we will do with
all the old oak and chestnut, it smells wonderful.
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Gerry out side on the sunny days still clearing and bring back many of
the old fruit trees as we still keep finding them. Although she keeps
finding more junk, tyres, fridges, televisions, bikes and old fencing
which has just been dumped and an attempt made to bury them.
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Mean while she has also been gardening both outside and in the Polly
tunnel. Many more plant cuttings and seeds now put in, outside all the
vegetable patch has been dug over and this year a watering system put
in.
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Outside Gerry pointing while the animals are sleeping close at hand.
Picture below now with the scaffolding down at a level where she can
finish off the pointing from the ground.
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Inside the computer room, now the floor is in we have put in the floor
and plaster boarded the ceiling with insulation in between.
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Back out side to mix concrete which has to go in all the areas that will
have to support things such as, the fire places, steps and stairs. This
has be done so the areas have a firm base, all other areas will have
insulation and under floor heating put in, hope fully next month. The
outside slab is for the Air to Water heat pump and the pipes are to
connect it. There she is again, must be more than one Gerry here...! |
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Next the floor and ceilings for the utility room and mistral gallery.
Also plaster boarding the walls where the electric has to be fitted.
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Now the floor is in it gives some great views of the main hall. All
insulated so the rooms below keep the heat in, all this will also have
the Air to Water heating system so the main hall will also be warm. We
should have a 5:1 ratio on using this so for every 1 KW we put in we
will have 5 KW output.
Look at what we have included so far.
The Green pages, where we will update as we include the best possible solutions to alternative energy and environment savings. Just click on the link above. |
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Next the computer room floor, just take out the old concrete and but
sand back which is wakkkkked down damp course placed on top and order 5
cubic metres of concrete. So much to come out and so much to put
back......
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Back in the Polly tunnel at the end of the month, plants out new plants
in. Vegetable patch plated out side.
All potatoes in. Peas in. Beans in. Onions in. In fact every thing in
and now growing.
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