Bathrooms
Work still carries on whilst beaurocracy grinds away. It was an ideal time to start work on the bathrooms. The slate floor tiles were...
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Kitchen and Garage Extension
With the delay incurred by the installations of the water and sewer connections, works couldn't commence for the kitchen and garage...
Mains Water and Sewer - the great saga!
One of the longest and delayed projects so far at Arnsheen, was the connection of the building to mains water and sewer supplies. The...
Plumbing and the completion of all stained glass windows
In December 2021 work started on the pipework for the plumbing. With the help of a friend, plastic piping was used initially, but it was...
The Grand Staircase & Plaster-Boarding
In August 2022 the grand staircase was started. With a return half way down, the handrail, newell, balusters, risers and treads will be...
Air Source Heat Pumps, & Multi Fuel Stove with Back Boiler
Its been a while since we posted a new blog, but whilst a lot of things have been happening there have been long delays and frustrations...
The Battle of Utilities Suppliers
Approximately five months after purchasing the property, clearing the site and demolishing the interior and the rear vestry, I had a...
TheFeature Fireplace and a New Doorway
In June 2020 the first of two new architectural features was added to the building.This was a doorway opening from the first floor in the...
Bedrooms, Master Bedroom, and a forest of timbers
The slate floor was laid over the screed, in just the nave for now. The first phase had a protection cover of sheeting and then the...
Underfloor heating, and slate floor
The chosen supplier for the underfloor heating also designed the zone plans for the pipes layout for each area: downstairs rooms (nave),...
Stained Glass Windows
Nearly all of the stained glass windows in the church had been vandalised, apart from the 3 large ones in the west transept, which were...
The Story of the Clock
When I purchased the church, the clock was still in the tower. However, there was no way to check the condition of the clock works. Most...
New windows, what a journey
The existing stained glass windows (37 total) were all damaged by vandals. These stained glass panels were set into the stone jambs with...
The Great Wall of Barrhill
I have constructed a stone wall along Main Street, adjacent to Arnsheen property. Columns were built first using cut sandstone, total of...
New Oak Front Door
The original front door of the church was a wooden bi-parting sliding door, which was no longer in working order. There were 2" gaps...
The Story of the Bell
In the church tower at the level of the large round top windows was the church bell. It was cast in 1887, by a bell foundry in Glasgow,...
Removing the old wooden floor and replacing with concrete.
The existing wooden floor in the church had rotted due to missing window glass. All the windows had been vandalized over the years. My...
Demolition of Vestry
After the clearing of the site, the old vestry had to be removed. The flat roof section of the vestry had fallen in causing the remaining...
First Job- Clearing The Site
The site was completely overgrown and cluttered with debris. I hired a local farmer with a tractor backhoe to clear and remove the...
In The Beginning
In 2017 a search began to find an old church in the southwest of Scotland. Several possibilities were found and a wish list of...
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