I take loads of photos as we work on the steading, most never see the light of day. They may be close variations on a theme, technical in nature (to show Building Standards if they question what we are doing) or simply unappealing or badly taken. Here are OneDrive photo albums with many of them, that give a more detailed view of how the project has developed…
First Impressions…
- Exterior, Christmas 2013/New Year
- Interior, Christmas 2013/New Year
- The grounds, Christmas 2013/New Year
Services & Prep work…
- Japanese Knotweed, August 2014 onwards
- Clearing the site, August 2014 onwards
- Bonfire Party, November 2014
- Electricity Supply, Christmas 2014
- Fencing, New Year 2015
- Water supply for building, Summer 2015 onwards
- Outdoor Power
Demolition…
- Removing slates, courtyard side (May 2015)
- Breaking concrete – silage pit walls, concrete ramp, concrete wall across courtyard, hardstanding
- Removing slates, non-courtyard side (September 2015)
- Removing the roof timbers (September 2015)
- Demolishing the south-west gable (September 2015)
- Demolishing internal walls (September 2015)
- Slapping openings
- Demolishing the north-west gable (May 2017)
- Other Demolition – concrete beam, concrete parapet, inside the steading, courtyard (September 2015 onwards)
Groundworks – Foundations…
- Small Foundations for doorways/windows (July & September 2015)
- South-West Gable (September 2015)
- Internal foundations at either end of the north wing, to support stairs, roof trusses and internal garage wall (July & September 2015)
- North-West Gable (July 2017)
Groundworks – Drains…
- Foul Drains (September 2016)
- Surface Water Drains (September 2016 onwards)
- Soakaway (April 2017)
- Stove Air Pipe (July 2017)
Weathertight – Slab…
- West Wing – Master Bedroom (September 2017)
- West Wing – Garage (September 2017)
- North Wing (September 2017)
- East Wing (September 2017)
Weathertight – Walls
- Rebuild South-West Gable (September 2017 onwards)
- Rebuild North-West Gable (March 2018 onwards)
- Repair & Raise North-East Gable
- Granite
Weathertight – Roof
- East Wing Roof Prep (September 2018)
- East Wing Trusses (September 2018)
- East Wing Junction with North Wing
- East WIng Sarking (September 2018 onwards)
- North Wing Trusses (September 2018 onwards)
Grounds
- Bothy December (2013 onwards)
- Hedging (November 2016)
- Hedging (March 2017)
- Hedging
- Hedging audit, 1709
- Orchard
- Static Caravan (April 2016 onwards)
- Drive – Repairs
- Drive – Kerbing
- Compost heaps
- Track
Other
- Neighbours
- Survey of walls, April 2018
- Survey of walls, December 2017
- Survey of walls, Interior, October 2014
- Survey of walls, Interior, August 2014
- Survey of walls, Exterior, August 2014
Start-To-Finish…
- Courtyard Door & Window
- Bathroom Window
- Mairi & Ian’s Window
- Front door
- East Wing – East Wall
- North Wing – South Wall
- North Wing – North Wall
Here are the full archives, by visit! I have excluded direct duplicates and most of the technically inept ones…
- 1809 – September/October 2018 north wing window sills – east wing wallheads – east wing roof prep – east wing roof trusses – east wing sarking – north wing roof prep
- 1807 – July 2018 north east gable prep – east wing wallhead – east wing window sills – east wing quoins – east wing lintels – east wing wall walling
- 1805 – May 2018 west wing wallhead – south east gable blockwork
- 1804 – April/May 2018 north wing wallheads – east wing blockwork – north east gable prep – courtyard door/window quoins – east/north wing window stonework – north west gable blockwork
- 1712 – December 2017/January 2018 slap east wing windows
- 1708 – August/September 2017 slab prep – slabs – south west gable blockwork – north west gable blockwork – window blockwork
- 1707 – July 2017 north west gable foundation – capping wallheads
- 1704 – April/May 2017 north wing wallheads – demolish north west gable – surface water soakaway – concrete tank
- 1703 – March 2017 drive flooding/repairs – wall blockwork
- 1612 – December 2016/January 2017 bathroom drain correction
- 1608 – August/September 2016 foundations – foul drains – surface water drains – moving caravan
- 1607 – July 2016 foundations
- 1605 – May 2016 caravan arrives – planting shrubs/hedging
- 1603 – March 2016 hedging
- 1601 – January 2016 hedging prep
- 1512 – December 2015/January 2016 hedging prep – bothy doors
- 1511 – November 2015 hedging
- 1509 – September 2015 remove slates – remove roof timbers – demolish internal walls – demolish south west gable
- 1506 – June/July 2015 remove slates
- 1505 – May 2015 remove slates
- 1504 – April 2015 scaffolding – remove slates
- 1412 – December 2014/January 2015 move electricity meter – fencing
- 1410 – October 2014 bonfire party
- 1404 – April 2014 visit to solicitor
- 1312 – December 2013/January 2014 visits to site
East Byreleask Steading 