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The outside area (west side)
Each side is laid out differently, otherwise it would be too simple! Step 1: Create a step to compensate for the difference in level on...

Oriane et Jody
Jun 17, 20232 min read
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The outside area (east side)
We go around the building 🏠 continuing on the east side. We'd like to add a palisade fence to continue the construction and create a...

Oriane et Jody
May 15, 20231 min read
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The outside area (north side)
We've already started shaping part of the area around the building 🛖. It's nicer for everyone and will mean we'll have a bit less work...

Oriane et Jody
May 5, 20232 min read
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Laying the cladding
The stage that dresses up the building 🧥 and gives it its charm! This long work requires many steps. We chose a Douglas fir cladding,...

Oriane et Jody
Mar 19, 20231 min read
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Fitting the doors and windows
It is now time to batten down the hatches! The doors and windows were ordered almost 1 year ago, in order to avoid the sharp increase in...

Oriane et Jody
Feb 27, 20231 min read
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Building insulation
In order to minimise energy consumption, good insulation is essential to protect us from the cold ❄️ and the heat ☀️. Step 1: Attach the...

Oriane et Jody
Feb 27, 20231 min read
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Tree pruning with the cherry picker
In 2017, we hired a cherry picker for the 1st time to prune the highest trees on the campsite 🌳🌲 inaccessible by climbing or ladder....

Oriane et Jody
Feb 22, 20231 min read
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Roof
Now that all the wall sections are assembled 🏠 we need to put a cap 👒 on our building to protect it from the weather ☔. Step 1: Fix the...

Oriane et Jody
Feb 16, 20231 min read
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Assembly of the timber frame
Now that the concrete has finished curing, the timber constructor can begin assembly on site 🏗️. For several weeks now, a team has been...

Oriane et Jody
Feb 8, 20231 min read
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Lean-to
Since the construction of the new reception began, we have had no place to store our equipment: trailers, skips, pallet trucks,...

Oriane et Jody
Feb 6, 20233 min read
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Rainwater harvesting
Since 2020 and the refurbishment of the roof of our barn, we had imagined recovering rainwater 🌦️ from the roofs to water our young...

Oriane et Jody
Jan 17, 20233 min read
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Masonry - Roads and other networks
The place is done, we are now waiting for the earthworker and then the masons. The start of the work was planned for mid-October, the...

Oriane et Jody
Jan 14, 20233 min read
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Deconstruction of the barrack hut
It's a difficult step, it's not that technically we don't know how to do it, it's just that this emblematic building will disappear. Even...

Oriane et Jody
Oct 6, 20222 min read
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Water meter
In order to have water in the building, a new meter had to be installed. The neighbouring public works company, commissioned by the...

Oriane et Jody
Oct 6, 20221 min read
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Preparation for dismantling the shack
We need to remove and dismantle everything in and around the hut before moving on to the next phase of deconstruction. Step 1: Dismantle...

Oriane et Jody
Oct 3, 20222 min read
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Barn doors
The wooden doors in our barn are in a state of disrepair, they don't close properly and the locks don't work properly any more, and since...

Oriane et Jody
May 23, 20221 min read
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New reception
For more than 10 years ⏳, we had the desire to build a new reception building, nicer, more functional and better placed, but other more...

Oriane et Jody
May 11, 20221 min read
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Automatic barrier
Until now, we had always considered that an access control system was not necessary at the entrance to the campsite, preferring to...

Oriane et Jody
Apr 15, 20222 min read
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Wooden hut
For our various jobs we always need wood 🪵 : boards, battens, rafters... It has to be well stored, otherwise it will warp, and above all...

Oriane et Jody
Feb 17, 20222 min read
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Demolition of the old sanitary facilities
After more than 50 years of use and despite a certain attachment to these old walls, the time had come to deconstruct the old sanitary...

Oriane et Jody
Jan 27, 20222 min read
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