#Woodlands 4/6

Kicking up a dust

The top of the plinth wall is 5 block courses above the surface of the block and beam floor. We need to bring the outer leaf walls and...

Vision have completed the first cruck. Yay!! #cruckframe #Woodlands #strawbalehouse

There being a severe shortage of aircrete blocks, companies are charging a hefty premium for them and estimating the end of July at the...

The Good We had a number of concerns about the build being achievable because of lack of detail on the architects drawings. The biggest...

Left over from the building of the foundation and block and beam floor is an area of concrete abutting the rear wall. This would be...

Our order with B&Q Tradepoint for Toplite blocks was, as reported in the previous post, scheduled for delivery today. B&Q have just...

We've spent the past 3 days trying to source aircrete blocks. First I tried to get Celcon blocks at a good price, then Celcon blocks at...

Steve put the finishing touches to the B&B sub-floor this morning and has now left the site. The next phase is the construction of the...

Today the blocks and beams were delivered and laid out. We're expecting Steve back later in the week to finish off the block and beam...

The infilling of the block walls on Friday has caused one of the walls to buckle (outer leaf on SE corner). According to a friend who...

... chronicles the building of a strawbale house to replace a WWII Portal bungalow in rural Dorsetshire.