From outside to in...

Next our attention was to be focused on the inside and after Melv and Matt had laid the next section of concrete floor we began building the office and the room for the aquaponics equipment that needed to be inside. This area that was going to be for the fish tanks and filters - how exciting is that!

To be of a timber construction - Melv started to get the walls in place and it soon started to take shape.

Sal then followed on with the installation of the insulation inside the timbers, fixed with squirty foam, this made the panels very strong and of course would make for a very well insulated inside environment. This will mean that it will be easier to control the temperature of the water, cool for trout or warm for tilapia, depending on which we decide to keep.

The ceiling timbers were to follow and our building inside a building was looking good.

The electrics going up on the walls made it feel real and I could begin to visualise a kitted out office, with a lovely view, from which we could keep an eye on both the hens and the bubbling tanks brimming with healthy fish.

Next Melv's attention went to the ceiling, which he insulated as he went along putting the plasterboard in place.

The ceiling was soon up and that certainly made it look big

With the internal wall up to define the office, Melv soon had plasterboard on the office walls

And the plaster followed on behind

 

The main room has been lined with plywood, which we may well clad with a waterproof material - but we plan to live with it for a while.

 

Leveling up the floor needed to be done before the fish tanks arrived and with help from Matt, this was soon achieved to the standard we wanted.

 

 

Sal looked to finish off the outside, with yet more cladding...

but it soon started to take shape.

It really does feel now as though we are edging closer to the big day when we get the aquaponics up and running and produce in the polytunnel - it won't be long now...