Anyone built a wobbly building?

[Al Baker]

Very nice. year of the Dragon too.....or is it a Wyvern?

[tommer9]

Dragon, but the barn was built over 10 years ago IIRC.

[alex_m]

My mate has this barn,

 

with a bloody turbosound sound system in it!! my dream

[tommer9]

Yeah we have had some mental parties over the years....theres over 10k there too. I was up there back in the summer. Its the uber spot for parties- he has a quarry in another part of the property with a cedar hottub next to the pool.......

[alex_m]

awesome.

[Graeme]

Yeh it is, click on the link above the pic if you haven't already.

With the price of houses a pisstake at the moment, i think my generation will have to look at other options such as this. (i'm not complaining, i'd much rather live in that house than a boring new build on an estate)

 

Hi alex - agree with you there.

[Graeme]

Most building plots around here are around £200,000-00....

 

But I did knock together a wee porch for the caravan - cleft shingles oneside, green sawn the other.... Redwood pillars.

 

Really just to have a play!

 

Rob that is fantastic - what wood did you use for the shingles - is it cedar? How do the cleft verses sawn shingles perform? Do you have any membrane under there or does it work welll on its own?

[Graeme]

Here's the one I built. Just installed that solar array on Sunday. So far no longer drawing leccy from the grid.

 

Al What a great house! As the old people say - heath to enjoy!

 

Its really encouraging to see people have done what we dream of doing some day. May I ask a couple of questions? Did you design it / build it yourself? What kind of foundations did you use? What wood did you use for the board and batten cladding? I assume there is lots of insulation in there?

[Graeme]

My mate has this barn, and his house is even more of an homage to wood, but I am sorry to say I wouldnt put pics of someone elses house on a forum without asking first, and I havent asked lol! If you look carefully you will pick out the 1/2 tonne dragon on the roof, a bit like Smaug in the Hobbit.

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Fantastic - if I had a barn like that I don't think I would need a house!

[fergusonforestry]

My mate has this barn, and his house is even more of an homage to wood, but I am sorry to say I wouldnt put pics of someone elses house on a forum without asking first, and I havent asked lol! If you look carefully you will pick out the 1/2 tonne dragon on the roof, a bit like Smaug in the Hobbit.

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i like that! that would do me for a house never mind a barn!