repairs

Wall and window sill painting

14 February 2024

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Barn News

The west wall of the Barn has been repainted as some areas of paint were peeling off. Also the window sill around the west-facing ground floor picture window has been redecorated.
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Plinth, drain covers and godfathers

9 February 2024

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Barn News

A concrete ‘plinth’ has been added to the rear of the patio wall to stabilise the wall as gaps were appearing at the base. Also the rear of the adjacent pigsty wall was repointed. New drain covers replace old cracked ones beside the driveway. And concrete ‘godfathers’ have been added to reinforce the fence posts…
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Water butts

2 February 2024

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Barn News

We have replaced an old leaking water butt behind the Barn with a new one. Also the water butt beside the pigsty needed a new connection fitting to the downpipe which has been done.
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Maintenance, August 2023

9 August 2023

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Barn News

We have carried out some necessary maintenance and repair work on Rhydd Barn:
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New balcony doors

18 January 2023

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Barn News

The wood in the original balcony doors was going rotten at the bottom. We have now replaced these wooden doors with two new double-glazed plastic French doors. They are rosewood (a dark brown) on the outside to match the rest of Barn windows and white inside to match the internal decoration and new handles. See…
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Ditch clearing

5 October 2022

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Barn News

Worcester County Council Highways insisted that I had to clear the ditch along Hanley Swan Lane by the side of my field. Apparently I was the ‘Riparian owner’ of the ditch under the Land Drainage Act 1991. I was told that flooding issues were apparent though no flooding could be seen. I managed to get…
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Repairs to stile and gate

1 September 2022

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Barn News

The stile across the fence to access the field by the barn has been replaced and all the timbers treated with wood preservative. Also, ‘godfathers’ have been added to the gate posts of the gate into the field to strengthen them and the gate latch adjusted. See photos below.
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Repairs to wall of converted pigsty

2 April 2022

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Barn News

Parts of the south wall of the converted pigsty have been gradually deteriorating as you can see from the above photos. So we had the damaged areas re-pointed including the replacement of a damaged or missing brick. The final result can be seen in the two photos below. An electrical socket on the inside of…
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Maintenance work on Rhydd Barn

8 March 2021

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Barn News

Much of the scheduled maintenance work has been completed on Rhydd Barn. Recent sunny weather allowed the paintwork repairs on the exterior walls to be carried out. Also the old wooden bench on the patio has been treated with preservative. Some minor repairs inside the barn have also been done. Spring-cleaning of the barn interior…
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Fence repair

21 September 2020

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Barn News

The wooden fence along the Rhydd Barn entrance drive has been reinforced with the use of ‘grandfather’ concrete spurs. The grandfathers are short concrete posts fixed into the ground to which the wooden posts of the fence are attached. See our photographs below. UPDATE: If you look very carefully you might spot the lead caps…
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