The porch that became a room
An open porch under an old oak frame, closed in to make a proper room: timber frame, insulation, vertical cladding, two windows and a sliding door. The original oak stayed right where it was.
Extensions and sheltersOur work · Dordogne
Eleven jobs, in pictures.
Roofs, decks, extensions, a cabin, a wayside cross: here are some recent jobs from around Belvès and Monpazier. Every photo was taken on site, usually between hammer blows.
- Jobs
- Roof frames, roofing, decks, extensions, pool house, cabin, shelter, greenhouse
- Area
- Pays de Belvès, Monpazier and 40 km around, in the Dordogne
The jobs in pictures
Eleven jobs, brought into the light.
Chapter 1 / 11
The dovecote
A stone dovecote stripped tile by tile, new battens on its pyramid roof, then the old flat tiles laid back one by one. Everything that could go back on went back on.
Roof framing and roofingThe raised deck
A deck perched above the garden, grooved Douglas boards and a rope handrail. Made for low winter sun and long summer evenings alike.
Timber decksThe pool house
A Douglas fir frame by the pool, roofed in tiles to match the house. Put up between showers, for long summer evenings in the shade.
Extensions and pool housesThe cabin by the water
A small many-sided cabin under a planted roof, set on the riverbank. From the far side you can barely make it out.
Cabins and sheltersThe wayside cross
A wayside cross near Belvès that needed replacing: a new cross cut in the workshop, the original figure of Christ fixed back on, and the lot set back on its old stone plinth.
The workshopThe timber-frame extension
A timber-frame extension, from the first sole plate to the exposed roof structure. Seen here before cladding: nothing to hide.
Timber extensionsThe covered terrace
A patch of bare earth against the house, turned into a covered terrace: chunky Douglas posts, beams, a roof, and a wall of vertical boards to close off one side.
Timber decksRoof frames, sky side
Trusses craned onto a stone house, new rafters and boarding cut out against the sky. Still my first love.
Roof framing and roofingThe shelter in the trees
A post-and-beam shelter in the woods: frame first, then the roof. For the logs, the car or the animals.
Shelters and carportsThe greenhouse under the oak
A slender greenhouse frame, raised under an old oak. Even the tomatoes get a proper roof frame.
Extensions and sheltersThe next job could be yours.
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About the jobs, people often ask…
Are these really your jobs?
Yes. Every photo on this page was taken on my own jobs in the Dordogne, usually on my phone, between hammer blows. No stock photos.
Where can I see your latest jobs?
On Instagram, where I post jobs as they happen. And for what clients say, there are the reviews.
Do you take on small jobs too?
Yes: a greenhouse, a swing seat, a log store, a wayside cross to replace. A small job deserves as much care as a big one. Send me a couple of lines and a few photos.
What else I do
From the ridge to the bottom of the garden.
Roof frames & roofing
Timber decks
Extensions, pool houses & shelters
Insulation
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