Steading entrance complete, I'm proud and showing the world.

[saveasteading]

I'm so pleased with the way this turned out. It is a covered way through the whole width of the wing with the main glazed entrance behind the photographer.

 

 The floor is entirely of harvested glacier cobbles. These were formed when the glaciers had streams running beneath them, rolling stones along and forming these shapes.

The cobbles are in bands in the sand , and were recovered when digging foundations and drains.

They were carefully selected from a huge pile, one by one, for size and being flattish on one face.  Most are rounder than these.

The right hand wall and the arch are original, repointed in lime mortar.

To the left, off camera, is an original timber clad stud wall, including a door, retained for heritage and interest, but there is a new wall behind it.  There are pencil writings on the wood cladding, concerning numbers of sheep etc.

Everything done by my daughter and SIL. 'except the straw bales' as they put it.

 

 

 

[MikeSharp01]

looks amazing, you are right to be proud.

[Mr Punter]

It will be a while before that wears out.  The ceiling looks rather good too.  And a beautiful day for the photo.

[nod]

Very nice 

Great views also 

[Pocster]

Does look good . Would you like to see my cobbles ?

[Kelvin]

Looks terrific. Well done them. 
 

As you know I looked at that steading when it was derelict so I can see how much has changed. As I recall it seemed to come with a free car. 😂 

[G and J]

We tend to toil for hours and hours without taking time to reflect on our accomplishments, because we are so focussed on ‘the next thing’.  
 

Well done you.  it’s good to view one's work and appreciate the achievement.  

[BotusBuild]

Wow. That is all

[Jilly]

That’s gorgeous, it looks like it’s been there forever. 

[twice round the block]

Looks fantastic 

Can you price a job up for me????

[Gus Potter]

Stunning!

 

Your hard work has paid off.

[Omnibuswoman]

An inspiring testament to the benefits of working very hard and paying attention to detail. Looks fantastic! 

[ToughButterCup]

15 hours ago, saveasteading said:

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 The floor is entirely of harvested glacier cobbles. These were formed when the glaciers had streams running beneath them, rolling stones along and forming these shapes.

The cobbles are in bands in the sand , and were recovered when digging foundations and drains.

They were carefully selected from a huge pile, one by one, for size and being flattish on one face.  Most are rounder than these.

...

 

Cobble sorting.

Patience. Focus. Time.

 

Well done. Takes guts that - I lost that level of focus in the maelstrom of what I now know is normal for housebuilding. 

 

Our neighbour has taken that idea one step further down the evolutionionary path (we've built on glacial till) and built a wall with what I call sub-cobbles. It really does take effort. I'll post a photo of it 

[ToughButterCup]

Here it is. 

 

Just looking at this makes me feel tired. On the other hand those small cobble are  everywhere: some are mere sandstone ..... . The owner says it all needs pointing.

 

Unlike your setup @saveasteading, everything is _on edge_  rather than flat. And so some of it will delaminate over time as frost gets to work on those bits of stone where the layers are set on edge.  

I've never seen this style of wall build before. Has anyone else seen something similar?

[Alan Ambrose]

@saveasteading   Wowee, that's good. So good that it's worth listing 😀.