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doors & windows

Front Doorway

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Barn Door

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

The doorway opening is much wider than a standard hardwood door, so there’s room for some windows on the side.  The original barn doorway opening did not seem to have any right angles in it! I’ve only concreted in each post of the door frame leaving a gap in the middle to route the soil [...]

Replacing the rotten lintel

Friday, December 12th, 2008

The original lintel above the front door is made from 3 pieces of oak, the outer piece was looking a little rotten … So the outer section only is replaced with a nice new pre-stressed concrete lintel that was imported from the UK!  I originally planned to put 3 of these Wickes concrete lintels in [...]

Castorama velux style roof windows brico depot roof lights

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

velux with spirtech http://barn.askmatt.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/barn2008/barnconversion-2005-01-0722-13-43.jpg We need more light http://barn.askmatt.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/barn2008/barnconversion-2005-01-0722-13-10.jpg