Great update Aaron - I'm worried about that spirit level though - if its showing level in that photo, you have real problems! 
Biker's Cabin in the Woods (with WiFi)
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Great update Aaron - I'm worried about that spirit level though - if its showing level in that photo, you have real problems!
Hey Hugh. Can't be any worse than the level the window is set at. This is how it looks when the bubble's resting on the cill. Turns out it's about 15mm out of true in the length of the 800mm level. Not a happy bunny about how these allegedly professional glaziers fitted it! Yeee haw!
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Nice place Aaron. I am so jealous.
I see, I have missed an update.
http://bikersplacetwo.wordpress.com/2013/11/28/the-fireplace-corner/
Good luck!!!
I see, I have missed an update.
http://bikersplacetwo.wordpress.com/2013/11/28/the-fireplace-corner/
Good luck!!!
Sorry for my recent absence, been up to my ears in work, but sadly not on my cabin. I've worked 14 days out of 15 and this is my first proper day off. I'm knackered!
Anyway I did indeed add another update to the blog showing the fireplace corner (see above posting from Laro13).
I'm picking my Mother and brother up from Calais Monday and bringing them back here for a week. They're staying at a neighbours Gite (B&B) for the next week and both will be helping me do stuff on the house and garden. Hopefully the woodburner will be installed one day this week, but the stone hearth and tiles on the wall behind it will have to wait until next year. That's a job I want to take my time over to make a proper job of it, not throw it all in the corner and hope it looks good. Simply can't rush a job like that can you?
The fireplace corner has now been clad in plasterboard, except for where I want to cut a hole through the wall for the chimney to exit and another one below and adjacent to it to draw air to the fire from outside the cabin. Figured that's better than have the warm air from inside the room sucked into the woodburner to feed the flames. Plus I won't having draughts blowing across the room as the fire draws in air.
Incidentally that twin of the woodburner I have that I saw on eBay finally sold for £390 with £75 P&P. :yikes: I watched it end and couldn't believe the flurry of bidding activity it got in the last 5 mins.... I'd only paid £10 for mine 10 years ago
Here's the fireplace. The position of the stove pipe will be roughly where it is shown. You can see the high res image at the blog, I can't post it here in the forum.
I had some messages about using silver paper and the risk of condensation build up. There's a 2 inch gap where the ceiling met the original wall, my new studded walls covers this gap, so there is ventilation for any moisture to evaporate away. Also once the walls are sealed off from the inside with the plasterboard, the insulation should keep the temperature pretty constant in that cavity so no condensation should build up in there... well that's the plan anyway. I've been in the house three weeks already and it seems fine and we've had a LOT of rain of late.
Thanks for reading.
Anyway I did indeed add another update to the blog showing the fireplace corner (see above posting from Laro13).
I'm picking my Mother and brother up from Calais Monday and bringing them back here for a week. They're staying at a neighbours Gite (B&B) for the next week and both will be helping me do stuff on the house and garden. Hopefully the woodburner will be installed one day this week, but the stone hearth and tiles on the wall behind it will have to wait until next year. That's a job I want to take my time over to make a proper job of it, not throw it all in the corner and hope it looks good. Simply can't rush a job like that can you?
The fireplace corner has now been clad in plasterboard, except for where I want to cut a hole through the wall for the chimney to exit and another one below and adjacent to it to draw air to the fire from outside the cabin. Figured that's better than have the warm air from inside the room sucked into the woodburner to feed the flames. Plus I won't having draughts blowing across the room as the fire draws in air.
Incidentally that twin of the woodburner I have that I saw on eBay finally sold for £390 with £75 P&P. :yikes: I watched it end and couldn't believe the flurry of bidding activity it got in the last 5 mins.... I'd only paid £10 for mine 10 years ago
Here's the fireplace. The position of the stove pipe will be roughly where it is shown. You can see the high res image at the blog, I can't post it here in the forum.
I had some messages about using silver paper and the risk of condensation build up. There's a 2 inch gap where the ceiling met the original wall, my new studded walls covers this gap, so there is ventilation for any moisture to evaporate away. Also once the walls are sealed off from the inside with the plasterboard, the insulation should keep the temperature pretty constant in that cavity so no condensation should build up in there... well that's the plan anyway. I've been in the house three weeks already and it seems fine and we've had a LOT of rain of late.
Thanks for reading.
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Sorry for mine too, Aaron, been up to my ears in badgers but that's another story. Can't believe I missed all this while I was living in fields in Gloucestershire but I just wanted to say I'm really glad you've got yourself a new place and it looks like it's going to be a blast getting it sorted. What you've done already looks great!
At least now I know where you are again, so expect a visit Real Soon Now -- assuming you've still got that Dutch oven of mine?
At least now I know where you are again, so expect a visit Real Soon Now -- assuming you've still got that Dutch oven of mine?
Hey Ged, you'll be welcome, but give me some advance notice mate, I'm flitting all over the place at the moment. I do indeed have your dutch oven packed safely in a box .... somewhere. I've moved house three times since then, but I did see it the other month when packing to go to the Moot so it's not too lost.
Yeah, it is a blast having a new place that I can call mine and get my teeth into to make it how I want it. (understatement of the century that!
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Hiya, Just thought I'd let you know that my Cabin in the Woods blog has just had another update added to it.
I had my Mum and Brother come over in mid Dec to blitz the garden a bit, which resulted in some dramatic discoveries too!
I had my Mum and Brother come over in mid Dec to blitz the garden a bit, which resulted in some dramatic discoveries too!
Hiya, Just thought I'd let you know that my Cabin in the Woods blog has just had another update added to it.
I had my Mum and Brother come over in mid Dec to blitz the garden a bit, which resulted in some dramatic discoveries too!
... That picture just cracked me up Aaron By the way... be careful when you light your stove... the bed's a bit close to it
Hey folks,
Finally got around to adding another update page to my blog for my little cabin. It's rather wordy but there are 10 photos to see.
Here's one of them:
I spent most of the winter in the UK and only got back home to my cabin late Feb, then I seemed to spend most of that interim time doing little things about the place and working on paid carpentry job for customers. Anyway you can click on the link below in my signature to see the latest stuff and how the place has become a home for me.
Thanks for reading.
Biker
Finally got around to adding another update page to my blog for my little cabin. It's rather wordy but there are 10 photos to see.
Here's one of them:
I spent most of the winter in the UK and only got back home to my cabin late Feb, then I seemed to spend most of that interim time doing little things about the place and working on paid carpentry job for customers. Anyway you can click on the link below in my signature to see the latest stuff and how the place has become a home for me.
Thanks for reading.
Biker
Looking good Aaron, love the 'bunk bed' solution 
How well does your stove fan get on with the lava furnace?
How well does your stove fan get on with the lava furnace?
Looking good Aaron, love the 'bunk bed' solution
How well does your stove fan get on with the lava furnace?
The fan is super ... actually make that superfluous! Oh well, it was a fun project to make, just didn't need it in the end. It's on a shelf in the kitchen now, one day I might give it away to someone who has a woodburner and actually needs it.
Thanks for the well wishes folks.
TurboGirl
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
I love the design processes and criterias so you're getting a brilliant but ethical build which performs brilliantly I'm impressed, but in no way surprised that its most excellent and pretty awed at what your potential outcome will be
I'm impressed, but in no way surprised that its most excellent and pretty awed at what your potential outcome will be 
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