Installing the Roof and Liner, insulation and the exterior cladding .

Installing the Roof and Liner, insulation and the exterior cladding .

The first job was to put up the inner liner, this is a steel corrugated sheet painted white which will form the inner side of the roof. This went up over 2 days on the main curved section of the roof. The Lean to roof was a composite sandwich of liner insulation and exterior corrugated roof, which you can see has already been installed in this photo.

This is a view of the white liner from the ground floor. The galvanized purl-ins will be etched in acid and painted white to match the main white beams.

Another shot of the liner and part of the first floor showing the joists.

A view taken in the gallery atrium giving you a sense of the scale of the atrium space.

A view of the underside of the composite roofing for the lean to.

A View of the lean to roof with part of the liner and metal tracks of the curved roof.

This shot shows the 12 inch thick insulation wool being laid in the channels before the exterior roof is applied.

This shot shows a metal roof cladding, we have tried to keep as close as possible to the original black bitumen corrugated roofing of the old Dutch barn.

This shot shows as profile of the exterior roof sheet and the gutter boards installed ready for the guttering.

A View showing the completed lean to roof and curved roof.

Timber Frame Walls to be erected and final roofing installed.

Scaffolding is erected on the south side to help the roofers install the curved roof. The curved roof comes in 3 parts. The metal liner is installed first, followed by metal spacers and insulation finally the exterior curved sheet is installed to complete the roofing.

This shot shows the timber framed wall panels which will be installed to form the basis of the new walls. The Timber framed walls were manufactured by JSI Timber frames by Nathen's team in Milford Haven and designed by Andy best from www.studs.org.uk in Trowbridge.  This 12 wheel articulated lorry delivered to a large Lay-by just north of Monkton, 1 mile from Woodhayes. We loaded the timber frames on to a tractor and trailer so that we could transport to Woodhayes. The Articulated Lorry would not have reached the site due to the narrow East Devon Lanes.

This shot shows the 6 x 2 inch capping plates which will be installed above the steel I beams to take the lower end of the curved roof and tie in the new timber framed walls. Bellow the 6 x 2 timber is half of the Douglas Fir cladding which will be applied to the exterior of the building.

This is a shot of the curved roof components including the insulation which will be sandwiched between the lower steel liner and the exterior steel curved roof.

"Battlesden Copse", a new Broad Leaf Copse for Woodhayes Farm

This track was created late last year to enable access to Crown All Wood. This will enable timber wagons to move timber from the ancient woodland without disrupting farming on the lower park fields. The Track is on a steep gradient and will have a 9ft Deer gate either end. 

This shot shows a bundle of lime tree saplings which we planted out over the Easter weekend. Brian Clapp helped me to plant 400 tree saplings, including 80 Acer, 40 saplings from each of the following varieties :  Silver Birch, Small Leaved Lime and Rowan, 15 Hazel, Blackthorn and Dogwood and 155 European Oak. All purchased from Perrie Hale Forest Nursery just outside Honiton. It was appropriate that Brian helped plant these trees as he helped to Plant Knappy Woodlands with his father approximately 43 years ago ! Now a semi mature Woodland.

Some of the items required, including spiral plastic rabbit guards !

Tree saplings planted showing canes, clear spiral rabbit guards and a portion of turf removed to allow for watering and the removal of competing weeds. We will weed kill approximately 1 meter radius around the sapling, this will allow the sapling to grow 3 times quicker.

A view showing more of the saplings planted out and spaced approximately 2.5 meters apart we have fenced the perimeter with a 9ft deer fence which was erected by Andrew Tuckers team from Luppitt.

Andrew Tuckers team erecting the 9ft high Deer gate at the new entrance to the copse. According to the www.carbonfootprint.com web site each tree will absorb 1 tonne of carbon dioxide during its lifetime, so our copse will certainly help to reduce the Woodhayes carbon footprint by 400 tonnes over 100 years !

Ground Floor Block and Beam almost complete !

Roof to the first floor lean to is applied and hardcore and grit applied to the ground floor before concrete is poured. No need for block and beam here.

Another View of the ground floor area of the lean to part of the building taken from the main body of the building.

A view taken from the West showing most of the block and beam floors in place.

David's team spreading concrete over the black plastic liner for the basement floor.

Concrete laid on the ground floor of the Lean To, protruding soil pipes for the new toilet block in the foreground and the blue mains water pipe.

View of the completed basement waiting for the remaining block and beam floor which will be 

installed tomorrow.

Exterior of the basement wall, which is a cavity wall. The exterior walls will be rendered. In the distance you can see that part of the first floor joists have been installed into two bays.

Another view of the interior of the basement which will be used for storage. The next posting will show the erection and installation of the wooden framed panels which we expect to start in 2-3 weeks time.

Woodhayes: Lean-To erected and electricity supply installed

Woodhayes: Lean-To erected and electricity supply installed: We had good start to this week with some excellent sunny weather helping to dry up the quagmire of mud and clay, it is now very cold but at ...

Lean-To erected and electricity supply installed

We had good start to this week with some excellent sunny weather helping to dry up the quagmire of mud and clay, it is now very cold but at least it is not raining !

This is a view from the western end of the new building showing the partially erected lean-to element of the building. The white steel beams will be exposed inside the building.

Another view taken from the North eastern end of the building showing the lean-to, this end will be the entrance to the building.

This is one of the Western Power team,  finishing off the connection of the 3 phase electricity supply, rubber boots and very thick rubber gloves were used to make the connection !  

Another view, this time from the Eastern end  of the building showing the lean-to being erected.

Basement block work , curved beams and block and beam floor starts to be installed.

View of the basement that will be located under the gallery floor at the far westerly end.

Another view taken from the North western end showing the basement in relation to the rest of the main building.

View of the door opening for the basement.

Interior of the Basement.

Block work walls which will support block and beam floor.

Curved steel beams put in place today, coloured white as part of the beam will be exposed internally.

Another angel taken from the south westerly end showing curved beams in place.

A view showing the block and beam floor being assembled all done on the same day, excellent progress.