Putting the house to sleep for the Christmas Holiday

Thank you to everyone who has worked so hard to get us to this level of completion.
Looking forward to the 2nd fix in the New Year....

In goes the Garage door

Thank you to Colm of

Doherty & Bolger Garage Doors Ltd, 

Drumdowney

Slieverue

Co Kilkenny
for the good professional service.

087 9793993

Doherty and Bolger

Old pot hook unearthed while landscaping

The old pot hook from the original farmstead - for cooking over the fire.

The structural timber for the glazed roof is in...

Hibernal Fruits & Foliage

Hawthorn, Holly and Ivy

Beginnings of the Glazed Link

Glazed Link Windows arrive on site

Hiding behind the in Winter Hedgerow

New windows in the setting Winter sun

First Window in!

Getting dressed : The beginnings of the Slate cladding.

Grey Chinese slate Z-Cladding with 20mm Welsh slate reveals

and Spanish slate on the roofs ....and we have dis-used Irish slate quarries one hour away!

Last bit of the slate roof completed!

Thanks to Brian and Alex for their great craftmanship!

Carpentry and Roofing

 by Brian Healy of

Brian Healy Carpentry,

Co Kilkenny

086 8562574

Roof wetting time once the Glazed Link roof is on!

Newly slated! - View of the House from the Road

Old and New

And now the beginnings of the missing link!

The 'Glazed Link' or Dining Room area connects the Garage/Guest Rooms to the main house. An exciting day with the installation of the steel structure.....

The steel structure was manufactured by
Richard Fitzgerald of Barrow Automation

View from the Studio

View from next door field

 

Quizzy Sheep!

Resident Rab!

There is always a flash of white tail of a rabbit or two on the site. They don't seem phased by the building work!

First Slates on the Roof

Details : Windows and Window Openings

First Mock up for the windows

Setting up for the Slate reveals - Sills

Setting up for Slate reveals - head

Ready for Slates!