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Cabin Fever!

It was four weeks on Sunday since my hernia op…..cabin fever was beginning to bite so I decided I needed to be physically busy again. On Monday afternoon I had the cement mixer going finishing off the Tiny Barn‘s slab edge and today I spent a good few hours on tree surgery operations at Shangri La Farm. The fresh air was great and I feel as though I have actually done something rather than just sitting around all day recuperating.

Speaking of cabin fever…the modular cabin design is coming along nicely but it is still at Top Secret level so no sneak peeks I’m afraid! Here’s a tiny barn on wheels idea though:

Tiny Barn Design. Tiny House Scotland.

Tiny Barn Idea

Cool websites

    Open for Owl Business!

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    Barns are for Barn Owls of course! That’s the nest box installed, the outer platform built and the door open for business (not to mention the field full of nice fat voles). Anyone got a spare barn owl please?

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    Lined with pine needles.

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    With the access door off.

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    Access door in place.

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    I decided to use mesh for the platform to prevent the usual drainage issues.

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    Hay loft doors draught stripped and fully lined.

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    Tiny Barn fully finished (almost).

    Tiny barn Scotland by Jonathan Avery.

    Resplendent in its full livery that’s the first Tiny Barn finished. The blues are both Jonathan Avery paints - Union City Blue and Stockholm Blue.

    The cantilevered design was prompted by the septic tank and drainage covers being in the way of the intended footprint but creates an excellent sheltered firewood storage area - my usual method is to make gabions from fencing wire and just throw the firewood in - great for drying; so I should be able to get about four of these across the width.

    Well its almost finished! I just need to make a finial and the barn owl nest box for inside and then I can open up the owl entrance door at the top of the gable end! Hopefully we will get a family of Barn Owls this spring?

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    Tiny Barn, Barn Owl Entrance hole.

    Tiny barn under cover firewood store.

    Tiny barn under cover firewood store.

     

    Hay loft nearly done!

    tiny barn hayloft nearly finished

    That’s the upper storage area all finished apart from the space above the doors. The plan was to have an owl nest box inside with an access tunnel through the insulated panel. We have not had much luck with the owl box in the poplars which has been up for over three years now but I still think its worth giving it a try…after all - it IS a BARN!!!

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    Gable weathertight

    tiny barn gable weathertight

    This was the progress on monday as I tried to get the building weathertight ahead of the predicted severe storms due around mid-week. I did achieve this by last night (tuesday) and succeeded in getting the large doors on in a howling gale..but it was dark by then…so pic to follow!

    Frame nearly finished.

    barn frame nearly finished, post and beam frame,

    The frame was drawn in Sketchup then fully cut and jointed in the workshop before assembly. I decided to build the three lateral bents first and there was the advantage that the North end joins on to the existing barn - so this one went up first and was connected to the footing brackets as well as having several through-bolts into the masonry barn wall.

    It was then easy to erect the middle bent using two of the purlins to set the horizontal distances and provide propping while connecting to the footing brackets.