Hello and welcome to our Jamieson family blog page! We have set up this site to allow us to record and share with friends and family our exploits as we (at long last) begin renovating the derelict water mill at Little Ennochie into what will hopefully be a fab and funky family house!! This has only taken us 3 1/2 years to get this far (and two bambinos!) .... so here's hoping this blog doesn't run for another 3 1/2 years !

As a bit of an intro, the mill is located on the outskirts of the village of Finzean, near Banchory in Aberdeenshire. The building sits on the banks of the river Feugh with great views of open fields and the hills, including Clachnaben. We have been slogging through Aberdeenshire planning and building warrants for what feels like forever, but we now have everything in place and the ball is rolling!

I will endevour to update this blog weekly with updates and photos so will see how that goes! Please keep watching and here's hoping this thing doesn't bankrupt us!

The Jamieson Family

Monday, 14 November 2011

Weeks 33 & 34 - Wiring and insulation ongoing ... but no glass!

Sorry folks, a bit of a delay for an update on weeks 33-39!

Very little productive activity happened over these 2 weeks (33-34).  The sparkie pretty much got as far as he could with first fix and the insulation was fitted to most areas also.  Stuck now before we can move onto plasterboard and further internal works as we need to get the big roof glazing sorted and fully watertight.  Big shocker as AC Yules have gone into administration this week so we're struggling to find a structural glass supplier in Scotland who can meet our needs!! See photos - builder was playing around with the construction of the glazed hall (wk34) to see how best to construct the wooden support beams and position the glass.

A temporary door into the main extension!
Trying to show where support beams would be positioned
View of the front door area - not sure if we're having a glass overhang yet