Our first reciprocal frame roof!

Well I never thought we’d do this as quickly, but today the roof frame went on with surprisingly little fuss.  In the morning we completed the henges and finished the wallplate – below and had a practice run with the reciprocal frame at ground level so...

Roundhouse progress..day 3

Day three on our roundhouse build, and we have made excellent progress. Today we prepared the supporting posts by charring the ends of them in a fire, before dropping them into the post holes dug on Monday. Clinton, Chris and I backfilled the holes with slate,...

Building in the woods

After the success of our recent treebog building weekend, we’re moving on to slightly more ambitious things, and the construction of a little post and beam timber framed building, which will have a reciprocal frame roof.Today we began by marking out and digging...

Our dream hovel

We are in the throes of designing our dream hovel, to be created somewhere in deepest Wales, from timber and strawbale. It’s really hard when faced with a blank canvas and a tiny budget, but here is our creation, which  will be a timber framed affair with...

Community Hub Building at Lammas

Doesn’t it look fabulous? So pleased to see the Community Hub building finally nearing completion, and can’t wait to see it again in a fortnight. Spending time on the build, and having a part in its construction is something I’m really proud to have...