The Restoration CoupleHere are some top tips we have found from our own journey to finding the perfect wood burner for our home. Buying and installing the stove in the way we did saved around 40-50% compared to the 'off the shelf' option.
Our Installer - Jason Brown jmbrownlimited@yahoo.co.uk
Choosing and Installing a Wood Burning StoveThe Restoration Couple2015-02-10 | Here are some top tips we have found from our own journey to finding the perfect wood burner for our home. Buying and installing the stove in the way we did saved around 40-50% compared to the 'off the shelf' option.
Our Installer - Jason Brown jmbrownlimited@yahoo.co.uk
Here is a link to the flue and kit supplier. http://fluesupplies.comRACE AGAINST TIME BEFORE CONCRETE ARRIVES! - DIY Underfloor HeatingThe Restoration Couple2024-10-20 | Big Barn Build 039 - Concrete day is coming, time to fit more underfloor heating and prepare for the slab.
#underfloorheating #selfbuild #constructionUNDERFLOOR HEATING 🔥 - Preparation and LayoutThe Restoration Couple2024-10-18 | Big Barn Build 038 - Installing underfloor heating pipe in our slab. Jason came up to help start us off on this marathon install for our heated concrete slab.
#heating #underfloorheating #heatedconcreteWHY ARE WE KNOCKING DOWN NEW WALLS? - The clock is ticking!The Restoration Couple2024-10-10 | Big Barn Build 037 - Pressure on now to get the floor done.
#selfbuild #insulating #diyINSULATION FOR A CONCRETE SLAB - Sand Blinding, DPM and PIRThe Restoration Couple2024-10-02 | Big Barn Build 036 - Insulation for the ground bearing slab.
#insulation #selfbuild #constructionCOW SHED TO DREAM HOME - Self Build Timelapse - Part 1The Restoration Couple2024-09-26 | BARN DIARY Ep1 - First weeks of the build. Demolition!
#barnconversion #selfbuild #constructionROLLER v WACKER - Getting the floor prep started!The Restoration Couple2024-09-22 | Big Barn Build 035 - Drainage and sand blinding the sub base.
#drainage #barnconversion #selfbuildBUILDING OUR OWN INDOOR POOL!The Restoration Couple2024-09-15 | Big Barn Build 034 - ICF is here and it's time to build the pool walls.
#icfpool #icf #selfbuildWHAT IS A HA-HA? - We started the garden ALREADY!The Restoration Couple2024-09-12 | Big Barn Build 033 - Building the view! Time to start the garden... before the house!
#barnconversion #selfbuild #constructionKEEPING OUR WALLS WARM - THERMOBLOCKS and how we used them on our SELF BUILD?The Restoration Couple2024-09-08 | Big Barn Build 032 - Thermoblocks for the walls
#selfbuild #barnconversion #thermoblocksBLOCKS ARE DONE - Laying trench blocks for the BIG BARN BUILDThe Restoration Couple2024-09-05 | Big Barn Build 031 - Laying trench blocks and another concrete slab
#selfbuild #barnconversion #concreteNEXT LEVEL DIY - Reinforcing our SWIMMING POOL buildThe Restoration Couple2024-08-26 | Big Barn Build 029 - Rebar for the pool. Slowly making sense of it all and getting ready for the structural concrete pour. Lot's of stuff to learn at this stage!
#icfpool #selfbuild #barnconversionGETTING EXCITING NOW! - Bolting steel beams for the 1st floor mezzanineThe Restoration Couple2024-08-24 | Big Barn Build 028 - Steel beams for the mezzanine
#steel #selfbuild #constructionOUR ROOF IS FINISHED! - Why we went for INSULATED COMPOSITE PANELSThe Restoration Couple2024-08-18 | Big Barn Build 027 - Finishing the roof and covering your questions from the install.
#roofing #selfbuild #insulationCOMPLETE ROOF IN A DAY - Fully Insulated and Weathertight in 8 HOURSThe Restoration Couple2024-08-11 | Big Barn Build 026 - We have a roof! What a day, so great to get this up and have some big progress on the barn.
#selfbuild #barnconversion #insulationOUR HUGE ROOF HAS ARRIVED! - Did I go TOO LONG?The Restoration Couple2024-07-28 | Big Barn Build 025 - The roof is here. This is by far the most stressful day so far but will we get them up ok?
OUR BLOG http://www.restorationcouple.comHOLDING BACK 30 TONNES OF CONCRETE - Shuttering the lower wallThe Restoration Couple2024-07-19 | Big Barn Build 023 - With such a wide and deep wall needed below DPC we decided to mass pour but that involved a fair bit of shuttering.
OUR BLOG http://www.restorationcouple.comWORKING LATE TO GET THE ROOF UP - She tried to leave me up there!The Restoration Couple2024-07-07 | Big Barn Build 022 - With the roof on the way we need to get the purlins and steel frame up and ready!
#bigbarnbuild #selfbuild #barnconversionFIRST SIGHT OF PROGRESS ON OUR HOUSE BUILD - Walls are started!The Restoration Couple2024-06-26 | Big Barn Build 021 - Good progress last week with the start of our walls!
#selfbuild #granddesigns #barnconversionFIRST Concrete Pour on our Dream Self build!The Restoration Couple2024-06-17 | Check out all our videos and watch along real time with our successes and failures as we try our hand at building a beautiful barn home here on our farm!
OUR BLOG http://www.restorationcouple.comCONCRETE HAS ARRIVED FOR OUR SELF BUILD - But are we ready for it?The Restoration Couple2024-06-16 | Big Barn Build 019 - It's the first of many but the suspense was high ahead of our first concrete delivery for the footings.
#construction #swimmingpool #barnconversionDIGGING OUR FOOTINGS - DIY Barn Conversion GroundworksThe Restoration Couple2024-06-02 | Big Barn Build 017 - Keeping the dig neat and tidy and ready for concrete. It's a busy week ahead.
#selfbuild #barnconversion #groundworksWHAT HAPPENED?! - Barn Conversion Groundworks and Drainage DiscoveryThe Restoration Couple2024-05-21 | Big Barn Build 015 - The groundworks continue and we try to find where all the drains go.
#barnconversion #selfbuild #demolitionWAS CRUSHING CONCRETE OUR BIGGEST SAVING SO FAR?The Restoration Couple2024-05-09 | Big Barn Build 013 - Time to work out if the crushing was worth the effort!
OUR BLOG http://www.restorationcouple.comCONCRETE CRUSHER AT WORK! - But how much can it crush?The Restoration Couple2024-04-28 | Big Barn Build 012 - Let's get crushing! What an awesome machine, let us know how much you think it managed to get crushed while it was here.
#concretecrusher #demolition #constructionDIGGING A SWIMMING POOL NOW?The Restoration Couple2024-04-21 | Big Barn Build 011 - Digging a giant hole! A pool was never really on the wish list.. dream list maybe. Either way, we it on the approved plans we thought it was a good move to get the initial groundwork done and secure now so that it made a future project more viable as and when we get to it.
#barnconversion #selfbuild #diypoolMAKING OUR SELF BUILD FUTURE PROOF - Ducting while we can!The Restoration Couple2024-04-14 | Big Barn Build 010 - Time to start ducting supplies and future utilities in and around the barn.
#barnconversion #selfbuild #electricsFIRST LOOK AT OUR DREAM BARN CONVERSION 🏠The Restoration Couple2024-04-11 | Big Barn Build 009 - We take a brief look at the renders of our design and get started on levelling the floor with a DIY grading beam.
#barnconversion #selfbuild #3drendersPlease tell me its not ONLY ME!The Restoration Couple2024-04-08 | Check out our BIG BARN BUILD @TheRestorationCouple
OUR BLOG http://www.restorationcouple.comWE BOUGHT A 45 YEAR OLD FORKLIFT - Good idea?The Restoration Couple2024-04-07 | Big Barn Build 008 - A new machine and a new set of potential troubles! For a long time we have needed more lifting capabilities, let's just hope this budget option does the job.
#barnconversion #selfbuild #forkliftSlice and Dice. 🔨The Restoration Couple2024-04-03 | ...WELDING THE STEEL FRAME & FIRST LOOK AT THE VIEW!The Restoration Couple2024-03-31 | Big Barn Build 007 - The walls are coming down and the welding is complete.
OUR BLOG http://www.restorationcouple.comfirst thing to do? Run out with a sledge hammer and knock a few blocks out to get our first glimpseThe Restoration Couple2024-03-28 | ...FENCING A FAMILY GARDEN - Keeping Dogs and Children SafeThe Restoration Couple2024-03-24 | Time for a fencing road trip. I recently popped up the lane to help with some garden fencing at Jo's sister's house.
#floorsaw #demolition #barnconversionSUCH SATISFYING BLAST CLEANING - How bad are the steels?The Restoration Couple2024-03-17 | Big Barn Build 005 - Blast cleaning the steel frame of our self build barn conversion.
#blastcleaning #sandblasting #selfbuildDREAM BARN BUILD HAS BEGUN - PART 2The Restoration Couple2024-03-12 | We are Tim and Jo aka the Restoration Couple and after finishing our epic 6 bed house renovation we sold up and moved our family to a farm with no place to live and no farm background. What could possibly go wrong? Join us as we built our awesome 100sq ft caravan/cabin and now begin the mammoth task of building our dream barn conversion.
OUR BLOG http://www.restorationcouple.comSTARTING OUR DREAM BARN CONVERSIONThe Restoration Couple2024-03-11 | We are Tim and Jo aka the Restoration Couple and after finishing our epic 6 bed house renovation we sold up and moved our family to a farm with no place to live and no farm background. What could possibly go wrong? Join us as we built our awesome 100sq ft caravan/cabin and now begin the mammoth task of building our dream barn conversion.
#barnconversion #selfbuild #minidiggerFINALLY STARTING OUR BIG BARN BUILD! - Eat, Sleep, Dig, RepeatThe Restoration Couple2024-03-06 | Big Barn Build 003 - Time for an update on where we are with the demolition and what next steps are.
#selfbuild #barnconversion #demolitionOUR BIG BARN BUILD - BIGGEST DECISION YET - Does it have to go?The Restoration Couple2024-03-03 | Big Barn Build 002 - Let the demolition continue! Time to decide if that slab has to go.
#barnconversion #selfbuild #demolitionSTARTING OUR DREAM BARN CONVERSION HOMEThe Restoration Couple2024-02-27 | Big Barn Build 001 - All that planning and now we can get stuck in!
#selfbuild #barnconversion #demolitionPLANNING PERMISSION COST - HOW mUCH?The Restoration Couple2024-02-25 | The real cost of planning a house build. Time to take a look at what all the various stages have cost us over the past 2 years.
OUR BLOG http://www.restorationcouple.com #barnconversion #selfbuild #housebuildingBLAST CLEANING TRANSFORMED THIS OLD BUILDINGThe Restoration Couple2024-02-18 | We tried our best but sometimes you need to call in the big guns!