It’s been really busy round here recently. Since returning from a week skiing in Chatel last week things are heating up. Some quotes still out and others returned with the go ahead. One project has the potential to be rather … read more…
Last week a lot of effort and head scratching went into making a siphon to take down the level of the lake so that we we will be able to get on with the ‘derivation’ work. Although a relatively simple … read more…
The other day preparations were made to the improve the second half of the floor of the outside, undercover part of the workshop. A bit of levelling and shuttering and a delivery of concrete completed the job. Tidy work too. … read more…
Well, we love a bit of Halloween around here. We had ghoulish buns and green slime cocktails, bats in the house and a large smiling courgette to see visitors in. The kids found some like-minded friends and cobbled together some … read more…
To make the most of having built and supplied St Yrieix la Perche with their swanky new buvette (bar construction), I have stencilled our contact info onto the barge boards that run along the front of it. It says buvette … read more…
There has been a lot of work going on in the workshop and out on site. A couple of new gazebos in oak, a double garage and an extension. Plus an interesting construction for the local town – a demountable … read more…
It’s that time of year when everything in the garden and in the hedgerows grows like crazy and all of a sudden there’s elderflower, strawberries and cherries by the bucketload if you have the time to do something with them. … read more…
A couple of photos of the beautiful oak gazebo made a little while ago now completely finished and in use. The clients used a light oak treatment to bring out the natural beauty of the wood and to give it … read more…
Since we pruned the willow I have been meaning to do something with a bit of it. So I decided to make a simple bit of edging for one of the vegetable plots, to stop the grass encroaching. It was … read more…
Not maybe what you were thinking, but we do have a welder in our midst. Music has been putting his welding skills to the test in order to fabricate a set of steel grills to go at the outflow of … read more…