This week we now have an entire building with a roof ... well almost! The large extensions now have all the roofing boards on and the big bank of four velux windows are in place. It certainly looks like our house now! There has also been some sample pointing of the granite stones with lime mortar. We had to check this and get this approved by the planning folks, so now that is done we will go ahead and repoint the entire building with this lime mix. The builder has also started placing the giant granite boulders along the river bank. We sourced these in Banchory from a Bancon site (for a very good deal!) and the plan is that these will provide protection against river bank erosion and also allow us to build up the bank a little to contour the site. Even John Paul Sigmersson would struggle to carry these babies! Apologies for the photos, it was really dark when I took these so focus and light is not the best.
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| Looking south-west from the lounge |
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| Looking inside from the kitchen - sorry, it was dark outside! |
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| Looking up at the full height hallway roof inside mill - four conservation velux now installed |
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| View from the front - shows how discrete the huge extensions are from the farm road |
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| Down at the riverside - oh, that digger looks a bit lopsided! |
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| East extension with roof on - the two high windows are into store and cloakroom |
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| Doorways from glazed hall into cloakroom (left) and utility room (right) |
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| A full view looking east - roof on! |
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| Small sample of lime pointing |
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| These are big boy bits of granite! |
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| Boulders in location at river bank |
Looking good Jamieson, really starting to take shape now.
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