Busy Week!

We've had a busy week - lots has been achieved and the barn interior has been transformed as Kevin has excavated the floor of the barn down to a level base, the support wall for the step in the barn floor has been laid, the lean-to floor has been excavated and we've installed another concrete wall support in the lean to. The fosse is finished and waiting for connection and sign-off.

The drainage pipes and gravel beds for the fosse are installed

Finished drainage bed

Adam has finished rebuilding the new lintels and stonework for the lean-to

Kevin Furniss excavating the barn floor

We found that most of the barn floor is composed of hard compacted sand which has some mica crystals apparent - good news as this is relatively hard and stable and well-drained.

Adam contemplates the shuttering for the step foundation

Kevin brought in a special micro digger to excavate the lean-to that could get in through the door

Adam starts work on the new hole in the wall to carry the drains running out of the barn

Kevin Furniss unloads the excavated material from the lean-to

Checking levels - again

The final part of the old concrete floor is lifted

.... and loaded out of the barn

Adam checks the level on the second wall support beam - this one's in the lean-to

The walls in the lean-to seem to have been built at different times, the side ones are older than the one along the back - this seems to have been built directly onto the soil hence our decision to support the walls in this area.

Checking levels for the lean-to wall support

The foundation is cast for the step in the floor