stove unit - done!

good afternoon fine people,

we haven't found much time to update things blogwise recently and so we hope you all enjoy this latest offering.

the unit we built around the stove has been mostly finished for some time but only actually finished for a couple of days (and we still haven't built the door as we're waiting for the chestnut to fully dry/acclimatise before we build that).

here are a couple of shots of the stove in place before we started (note the untidy pipework that needed to be covered):



and:



the frame was then built (with a sheet of fermacell to shield the frame from the heat):



and:



here's how it looks finished:



and from the other side:



close-up:



and:



finally, loaded with our pots and pans:



we're much happier with it than we thought we were going to be - it mighty fine.

it's another success!!!

one more thing.....here is a shot of the view from the patio windows out over the vegetable garden.

after well over a month of solid snow/ice and nearing a point of almost being able to use the road to get the car out (upwards - at present we're having to head down the track which is pretty tricksy) it snowed again!

about 10cm since yesterday with more forecast - no early spring for us.



later, gairy.