Big day 2

It was a long day afterall! By this evening the central support pole was removed, the poles were fish mouthed to the roof plate and the excess timber in the center was trimmed. It is amazing the difference already. I'm now trying to source some locally grown reed to thatch with.












If anyone needs advice on how this is done, feel free to get in touch although there are a lot of sites out there with good information.

Big day

Timber

Well, in the end the timber was sourced from less than a mile away. A lovely guy one minute down the road and into a lane let al clear some of his woodland free of charge. He has 20 acres planted up and wanted some poplars thinned out so on Saturday, Al, himself and our two eldest boys spent the day chain sawing.

Once the logs were brought home they debarked them although we got a shock the following day when they had turned bright pink! We are 'hoping' that as they dry, the colour will disappear.

Roof plate