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Fjøsakademiet pusser opp låven / Renovating the barn [Back to Gallery]

En gang virket låve-prosjektet som en (nesten) umulig drøm - men ikke nå lenger :-)
The barn project seemed like an impossible dream. There's still a long way to go, but things are really happening now :-) Follow our progress through these pictures..

This picture is taken a few years ago. Looks a bit different today.. / Bildet er tatt for noen år siden. Ser lift annerledes ut i dag..

Meanwhile, inside the barn - this is how it looked before we put in the new floor and made an entrance beneath the old ramp (seen right at top of picture)

View from below where the new floor and entrance are (to the right of the previous picture). Note the silo. Today the lower part of this photo is part of our garage.

October 2013. An historic moment - the very first 'spadefuls' - here, preparing the ground for a future carpark. Note the ramp.. / Et historisk øyeblikk - det alle første steget! Her blir det parkering. Merk låvebroen..

The fall of the old ramp / Broen rives

This is the moment! / Nå skjer det!

Note the wall under where the ramp was - this is where the new entrance will be / Den nye inngangen blir under hvor broen stod før.

Snow arrives and work continues..those stones will be used as part of the new ramp / Stenene vil danne fundamentet for den nye broen.

Preparing the ground for carpark and new ramp / Gravemaskinen forbereder til parkering og ny låvebro

November 2013. That's it for this year.. / Ikke mer før til neste år!

February 2014. Et nytt år - og byggearbeidet fortsetter. Ny inngangsparti og låvebro står på planen! / New year, fresh start! Planning the new (double) ramp and public entrance..

Snekker Jan.. / Joiner-carpenter, Jan Sødal

A never-before seen view! The carpenters have opened a hole in the back of the barn and laid the first planks of the ramp. This will be our new entrance / Denne utsikten har ingen sett før! Nå har vi en ny inngang :-)

Doors, barn-style. The original ramp has been replaced by the upper one here - the rest is completely new. / Dører i rette stilen. Dobbel-broen tar form.

1800 screws in the ramp - they counted! / Guttene har brukt 1800 skruer i broen!

Status 13.03.14.

New, matching doors on the upper level. / Nye, matchende dører til loftet.

All day, every day! Our never-tiring carpenters, Jan and Kjell Olav. / Hver dag, alle dager, våre utrettelige snekkere, Jan og Kjell Olav.

Detail from the handmade barn doors, using what we can of old materials / Detalj fra håndspikkede låvedørene med gjenbruk av gamle materialer

Tearing up old floor boards, removing decades of sawdust, preparing for new floor. / Oppriving av gamle bord, fjerning av flere tiår med sagflis, forberedelse for nytt gulv.

Making progress..

Old floorboards. We keep and reuse what we can.. / Gamle gulvbord. Vi bevarer og gjenbruker det vi kan..

Just some of the hundreds of old nails removed one by one from the old floorboards.

Old hay-drying wire / Gammel hersje-tråd

Insulation for the new barn floor, kitchen and toilets.

The entire barn floor has been insulated. / Gulv-isolering

An entire new floor / Nytt gulv

Meanwhile, at the other end of the barn, 'junk' waiting to be shifted before floor-laying can continue. / Imens, må saker og ting flyttes før arbeidet kan fortsette på andre enden av låven.

The old store (right) has to go to make room for the kitchen and toilets

The mess after the store is removed - this will be kitchen and toilets..

Snow outside - snow inside..

Preparing for the kitchen floor / Forberedelser for kjøkkengulvet

Ceiling beams for the kitchen going up

Jan starting to lay floorboards at the 'kitchen end' of the barn.

Looking towards the kitchen end of the barn. Note that the old storage room has gone and the new floor is partially down. Today the ceiling construction has been extended using old floorboards.

Lunch break in the sun! / Lunsjpause i sola!

Sunlight streaming through the wall panelling. This lovely effect will be lost when we have finished altering the sides, though we will retain the original end wall.

Sun stripes! / Solstriper!

Such an enormous amount to be done..

Hans goes into the barn regularly to help tidy away old materials and sweep up sawdust.

Looking straight into kitchen

Accessibility toilet under construction

Kjøkken og toaletter. Inngangen mot høyre / Kitchen to the left, toilets and entrance to the right.

Insulation and walls going up

Old wood panelling to be reused

Old outdoor wood panelling re-used indoors / Gamle solsvidde panel for at de nye rommene skal se ut som uthus.

Underfloor heating in the kitchen and toilets

Wiring and insulation in one of the toilets.

Overview: kitchen to the left, then two toilets and (beyond the silo) the entrance doors..

Strengthening the ceiling under the new kitchen and altering the construction so that we will be able to use this part of the barn as a double garage (at last!!)

24th June: Good weather at last - and drastic alterations to walls and windows! Jan and Kjell Olav have found a novel use for the tractor shovel :-)

Snekker Jan i en traktorskuff / Jan balancing in a tractor scoop to work on the window openings.

The fire escape! (Well, it will be..)

Lots more where this came from..

Heia Kjell Olav!

Big holes where there will be slender windows..

All those windows to be cleaned..

The old glass we found in the barn is too wide for the tall windows we want. We have to place each unit on top of another and then frame them with wood panelling.

North-facing barn wall, towards carpark.

We're pleased with the effect from the outside, though some may think we have veered too far from tradition. This is the side of the barn facing the farmyard. The fire escape will be there, top right.

Fire escape planned for this corner and needs to stand on properly-insulated foundations / Her blir det branntrapp - og den skal stå på et stødig og isolert fundament.

One day, you will be able to buy local beer from the bar, which will be built around the old ventilation channels here!

The builders and carpenters <br />
returned after their summer break and began by digging up the carpark in order to lay water pipes / Stakkars parkerings-plass, gravd opp for å legge vannrør..

Nicola: "Never mind your 'digger in the mist' photo! Where's my breakfast?"

Scoop Dog J

Trench for drains

So that's what a septic tank looks like!!

Hole for the septic tank

The trench for the septic tank has to be HUGE...

..then it has to be filled with gravel and sand because the clay soil is not good for drainage.

Preparing to lay pipes

Et underlag som blir bedre å gå på / Finer, conrete-like shingle

Graver grifter til strømkabler / Preparing for laying new power cables

Carpark levelled again.

Goodbye, Digger! This picture from 12th September..

13th November: these old floorboards will become new ceiling!

Going to add some ceiling here to give more warmth below and more storage above.

Detail of previous picture / Detalj fra forrige bildet

View towards kitchen. Jan up a ladder working on beams to support new floor/ceiling.

New beams to support old timbers

So much still to do...

Gammel Vintervollveien fører over marken til Fjøsakademiets låve.. / Approaching the barn from the north via the old cart track..

Inngangsparti/garderobe

Kjell Olav insulating the entrance doors with polystyrene (I think). They're brilliant, our carpenters :-)

Consignment of plexiglass arriving.

Plastglass (perspex glass?) arriving

Unwitting sculpture left by the carpenters after a day's work :-)

Endeveggen. Endelig tiden er kommet til å starte med denne..

Stilasen må bygges for å kunne gå videre med endeveggen / The scaffolding is going up so that we can start on the end wall of the barn.

A heap of old materials - and a whole load of other 'junk' to be cleared now that we are starting on the end wall.

I dag begynner arbeidet med å sette opp pleksiglass over endeveggen. Vi håper det ikke vil vise seg å være en svært kostbare feil! / Today, we begin our experiment, using perspex to line the end wall. We hope it doesn't turn out to be a very expensive mistake!

Before perspex.. / Før pleksiglass..

After perspex.. / Etter pleksglass..

8th January: Work on the end wall reaches new heights / Arbeidet på endeveggen når nye høyder :-)

En av toalettene med bøttekott i bakgrunnen

Detail from the new ceiling beams, supporting boards taken from the old barn floor.

Setting up scaffolding, ready to start insulating the roof / Snekkerne bygger stilas slik at de kan begynne å isolere taket.

Insulation material (that fluffy, yellow stuff) going up / Taket isoleres med 'glava'

Looking good, the new roof! / Ser bra ut, dette!

Work starting on the fire escape / Arbeidet starter på nødutgangen

Snøfangere må til.. / The carpenters putting up 'snow catchers' (or whatever they might be called in English) which are to prevent avalanches sliding off the roof and onto unsuspecting customers or their cars :)

Just a few of the kitchen units..

The kitchen, empty (except for the corner fridge) and waiting..

Feet first..

Morten (worked for 12 hours on little more than black coffee and chewing tobacco)

Przemek - "You have to say my name like you are very angry - then you will sound like a Polish woman, ha!"

Przemek and Pawel (who was pleased to be finally offered tea in Norway, he said)

More units..

The morning after - and the bulk of the work is done..

Blue skies for a few glorious moments today (9th June) but still waiting for the leaves to open on the birch trees.. / Blå himmel i noen korte øyeblikk i dag, men vi venter fortsatt på bladene på bjørka..

Yippi, we have water! A functioning loo and wash basin are now installed in one of the toilets in the barn :-)<br />
Endelig, vann! Toaletten funker og vi har fått en fin vask på låven :-)

A long-awaited happening! The electricians have started putting up the lighting in the barn :) / Endelig! Elektrikerne har begynt å sette opp belysning på låven :)

15.06.15

Monday 7th September

Tuesday 8th September

Wednesday 9th September

På igjen! / Decided to put a wall in..

Ovenfor kaféen har vi lagt et isolert gulv og fått oss lagringsplass / This newly laid floor provides useful storage space and great insulation for the café below.

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