More Courtyard

Today we didn't fence........today we courtyarded.... great progress and soooooo happy with the work we have done! Last thing yesterday evening we concreted in the two posts to make the wall.( Note the wine Richard....)

So this morning they were strong and ready to work on. These old timbers we are using are from the original bridge that crosses the Rivulet to get to our property. Now sadly the bridge is an ugly but safe concrete one, but luckily the old timbers got left behind and now have been given a new lease of life in this wall! They are gnarly , old and grey but still strong. And so much nicer than using treated pine ones!

The stud wall for the cement sheet. It took us a while to do this as each post is a little bit warped or twisted so there was a lot of measuring and double measuring going on!

Treek was site manager.........

Window framework in place and sheeting going up!

Almost finished! (l think the ducks approve!) This side gets its own cement sheeting which we will do tomorrow .

Lintel above the door went up and window grate in. The second window is an old bed end!!! Not quite as beautiful as the one on the right but once it has all the paling framing around it it should look great! Recycle recycle recycle!!!

Looking just fabulous! We are very happy and proud of ourselves!!

Time to bring the animals in and an early night for us tonight l think! This holiday stuff is hard work!!!