Out of Africa
A couple of swallows looking for a des res flew in to check out the strawbale. #strawbalewoodlands #strawbalehouse #swallows
Cor limey!
The premixed lime plaster was delivered today. We weren't expecting delivery until Monday so it was lucky that we were in and that Lew...
The Assembly Line
Lew and Mark glue and screwing verge sprockets. A stack of completed verge sprockets. #strawbalewoodlands #strawbalehouse #vergesprockets
Odour Cologne
We were advised to use Peppermint oil in the house to repel rats. Apparently rats dislike the strong smell and stay away. It seems worth...
Total eclipse
We have inserted all the straw bales from the interior that we can. The bales meet at the ridge and now eclipse the sky. The final bale...
Shiver me timbers
We've had a load of timber delivered. It contains lengths of 2" x 2" and 2" x 8" for the verge sprockets and 185m2 of 6" x 1" for the...
The Awakening
Now that the weather is improving we are able to get out and work on the house once more. The first task is to finish inserting those...
Look what landed
We have just rented a shipping container for 6 months. It was craned over on Friday. We need it for storage of items that need to be kept...
High Five x 3
We bought a job lot of 15 high bay lamps on eBay for £1.20! They had previously hung in a gym. We had to pick them up from Derbyshire...
Two months later...
... and our nail gun is finally back from repair! #strawbalehouse #strawbalewoodlands
