The barn had little-to-no insulation , and what would become the second floor had no access to natural daylight – two common issues to tackle in a normal barn conversion , but a Grade II listed property would need extra care and compliance . groundworks , all legal checks and necessary approvals were granted without any major changes to the initial architectural drawings .
When builder Ken Tansley from Interbuild Ltd was first introduced to the site back in May 2017 , the barn was still full of old farming machinery , cow partitioning , and even had ducks and chickens living in a part of it .
“ It was a typical old barn when we first started . We needed to rip a lot out of the building , dig out the floors , do some repointing , and the roof needed to be redone . With it being a listed building , all this preparation and rebuilding work had to be done very carefully and by the book . “ As the build went on , the architects ’ drawings did have to be slightly amended , as is the way with many renovations , but fortunately everything went pretty smoothly and there weren ’ t any major problems or changes .”
Light and heat were two large factors that had to be taken into consideration during the planning stages . The barn had little-to-no insulation , and what would become the second floor had no access to natural daylight – two common issues to tackle in a normal barn conversion , but a Grade II listed property would need extra care and compliance .
To accommodate this , many of the upstairs ’ original beams , which the owners had hoped to keep , had to be covered for insulation , and fifteen roof windows were drawn into the plan to bring natural daylight into the top floor rooms .
Ken first heard of Keylite when visiting Buildbase Derby , and soon got in contact with Keylite ’ s National Brand Development Manager , Tom Jarvis . “ Tom was fantastic , he came out to Elms Farm to meet us and even bought a sample . It was an easy sell due to the price and the fact that all the flashing and add-ons came with the windows as standard , which again saved us on time and price . That , and the homeowners knew they could also get a wide range of blinds from Keylite as well . www . refurbandrestore . co . uk - 19