Done...

At last the plans are completed, printed (3 sets, what a lot of paper!) and delivered to the council, fee paid and copies delivered to M10 and Carters for a quote on frames and roof trusses, already have the price for the windows, phew.
Now I can have a few days Off...
Before that, I really must finish the stairs in the barn, or maybe I could play with the old platten press I bought.

Plans

Felt I needed a break from drawing plans and needed some light relief, so I have updated the 'blog'.


The plans are almost finished, well almost.


The council used to only require elevations floorplan and location, at most you could cover requirements with about 3 sheets and no specifications.


Now about 30 sheets later I still haven't finished and I still need to write the specifications.
Oh joy.

Staying Focused

There are so many distractions I find it hard to stay focused - the 'Grand Design' (sorry Kevin)

I have finally reloaded the Sketchup program, so now I can produce 3D drawings (badly) of the next stage.

The blue building is the 'barn' (completed) the white bit is stage 2.

The problem with this programme is it's very addictive and you can spend hours 'playing'.

I am well into drawing the next stage of the build and the plan is to have the drawings delivered to the council for the very important building permit by the end of next week, this is not a moveable option, I'm getting bored with sitting in front of a computer and I want to get back to doing some building.

On Saturday Mr & Mrs DIY went shopping, it didn't start off that way we were only going out for a cup of coffee and ended up just having a 'quick' look in one of the local antique shops, bad move...

We are now own a set (2) of very big and very very heavy 100 year old doors, they were imported from France, it means some redesign of Stage 2 to get them in.

(the pic was taken in the shop, please excuse the extra props)

The Crop...

You are probably looking at the worlds most expensive olive oil, I picked our entire crop of olives, total 15Kg and had them pressed.

We now are the proud owners of 2Litres of extra fine olive oil. mmmmm