The Serene Badger
Baron
These are looking better than my actual house!
Michaels 25mm WFB Stuff...
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Fighelm
Vassal
If you are upping your door detailing, howabout 'Harr-hung doors' for barns, etc? 
www.vernacularbuildingglossary.org.uk
Harr-hung door
www.vernacularbuildingglossary.org.uk
Michael Stockin
Lord
Interesting, though that bit goes on the inside so would not be seen?
Fighelm
Vassal
Yep, metal pin on door frame/upright goes into housing into beam lintel above, and ditto into stone slab/flag at base. Handy as heavy barn Door leafs can swing either way in or out, and strong. It's a nordic thing 'oop here in Cumbria...
Michael Stockin
Lord
Well actually, as you can't see the hinges, maybe that is what I have already done?
Talking of things done:
Stable so far.
I think it will be an acceptable match.
Talking of things done:
Stable so far.
I think it will be an acceptable match.
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Citizen Sade
Lord
Agreed, looks in keeping.
What's the story behind the lower sections being painted grey?
What's the story behind the lower sections being painted grey?
The Serene Badger
Baron
Hides the mud better in a stable yard? Maybe. Just throwing ideas out here
Michael Stockin
Lord
Dunno, copied that from the Townscape models.
Maybe it is a simple damp protection thing?
Citizen Sade
Lord
Could well be. We have black splashbacks (for want of a better word) at the foot of our external rendered walls. I was surprised by how much it rains in the west compared to Hertfordshire.
Citizen Sade
Lord
To expand on my comment, our splashbacks' are simply 12" or so of smooth wall painted black below the render. The idea being, I assume, that muck thrown up by heavy rain doesn't show up as much as it would on paler walls.
Michael Stockin
Lord
Not a thicker pitch/tar/paint or anything like that?
Fighelm
Vassal
Oldskool way of damp proofing real life! Black bitumous paint/ tar as water-proof 'tanking', often 'acquired' from Naval yards back in the day. Water splashes up from hard/compact surfaces, so you need to protect timberwork from rot and then insect attack. Modern waterproof paints mimic. On stone buildings tends not to be used (maybe on brickwork on occasion) as proper Lime render/pargetting is breathable and drys out naturally. Otherwise it was a coating of Limewash (traditionally coloured with Ox blood and/or earth/clay pigments for pinks, oranges, browns, etc- not all white like the chocolate box cottages here in the Lakes. This was for water-proofing any Lime render, a sacrificial and sterile wash basically, reapplied year and year on by farmer houseowner. Sorry for going on a bit...
Citizen Sade
Lord
No, just Zinsser AllCoat. That said, it's a 20th century building with a 21st century extension & anything nasty will have been long banned. FWIW, years ago my folks had an old thatched timbered house in the Home Counties. White walls, no splashbacks.
Michael Stockin
Lord
Was just reading up on black ash mortar.
Citizen Sade
Lord
P.S. Nothing in the thatched house was anywhere near square. The timbers weren't straight and the walls and thatch were bloody thick.
Michael Stockin
Lord
Sounds about right. We nearly bought an old cottage. Listed building. Loads of character. Looked so cool. Had its own orchard and everything.
Fighelm
Vassal
Hah! Gone down a rabbit hole there- think that was used on industrial terraced housing a bit- furnace waste, etc, added to Lime mortar= Black/grey joints and perpends in brickwork.
Fighelm
Vassal
...Or as Mr badger says. Also horses sweat and can get greasy. Maybe dark colour to hide hoof marks, filth, mud and sweat marks!
Citizen Sade
Lord
I think you dodged a bullet there. Listed buildings can be a massive PITA. Houses in conservation areas too, come to that.
Michael Stockin
Lord
The survey revealed about as much in repairs as the asking price, shame as it was properly ace.
Orchard, fields, attic and cellar...
The front door was 200+ years old and had a massive iron key.
Green too iirc.
oh well.