Giving the barn a warm coat to match its cosy hat...

The 'bacofoil effect' ;D fixed to the existing crumbly rendered stone wall.

Then the metal rail system (instead of wood stud work) holds in the 100mm insulation.
Then plasterboard added to front....then the fun of taping and filling starts..
Alex has 'picked out' the old render above the south facing barn doors (which will eventually be glass doors..April 2011 in fact if all goes well).

Underneath he found some very pretty stonework...so he will be re-rendering it with chaux (lime mortar) so we get to see them. (saves horrible boxing in by plasterboard... 'pig of a job' to quote the 'chef' ;D)

Bon weekend