Winter Project 2011-2012. Barn Conversion.

[pachapapa]

The conversion of the barn has been done for a material cost of around € 600, including the consolidation and tiling of the floor which was completed as part of an earlier 2010-2011 project.

Stage 1.

Installation of " charpente" to cover two mezzanine areas with a connecting gallery.

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Stage 2.

Application of a lime "enduit" with some "pierre apparente" on the mezzanine level.

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Stage 3.

Application of a lime "enduit" to the ground level, some poor areas of wall due to degradation by livestock.

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Stage 4.

Installation of balustrade.

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Stage 5.

Installation of window/truncated door.

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[Chancer]

What are the lip n spur drill bits doing in photo 6?

How about some photos of your other artfully rendered areas, the multi-hued ones in earth tones?

[sid]

On first sight I thought they were threaded rods for the balustrades, but I see now that they are drill bits. Perhaps left in situ so that the points will mark the drill position on the balustrade?

[pachapapa]

Close Sid but instead  of threaded rods 10 mm  diameter lengths of reinforcing steel are used with the end portions covered in activated resin immediately before being driven into the holes. The drills are used due to the cross-drilling to check that there will be no interference when the holes are extended into the balustrade corner post. There are in fact 7 steel pins involved with 3 already installed previously joining the "madrier", the main support beam for the mezzanine and the "bastaing' supporting the gallery. The corner post due to it's extra duties has 4 orthoganally interlocking pins rather than 3 pins as with the intermediate pots. The post are clamped to the main beams and the holes drilled through as far as the drill will allow, the post is removed and the hole continued to the required depth but not penetrating the post, so that the pins will remain invisible. The post is clamped tightly before installing the 4 resined pins. Approximately 20 metres of reinforcing steel joins the timber, including the chevrons under the gallery. The floor boards are held with nails; so not one screws or threaded bolt, an important economy withn a tight budget and of course more effective. The deformation on a reinforcing bar is in fact 11 mm in diameter so it is necessary to grind of at each end to prevent snagging as the pin is driven into the timber. An angle grinder with a non segmented diamond disk serves to cut and grind.

[Bill]

Dear Pachaaapapa

 

The conversion of the barn has been done for a material cost of around € 600, including the consolidation and tiling of the floor which was completed as part of an earlier 2010-2011 project.

 

 

  HOW MUCH..???   .    you are wasted working on your own property,   PLEASE  PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE come and do mine..

 

and what a reall nice tidy job as well..

 

 

 

Bill    The totally useless..