Kilchoan Renovation pt 1 - Traditional Highland Home

Beginning of a Renovation of a traditional Highland Home in Kilchoan , Ardnamurchan .
Architect- Bailie Bailie Architects
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[@Teenibash1969]

Just found your site. I’m originally from Islay. This house is so typical of the type of house in Argyll and the isles. I’m loving your films.

[@theislandbuilder]

@@Teenibash1969 thank you very much . Yeah very typical , unfortunately just too small on their own when updated for modern living but it does give the opportunity for some imaginative extensions ( some better than other 😬)

[@Teenibash1969]

@@theislandbuilder yeah, my grans wee but’n’ben has tiny rooms but outside walls about 2 and a half foot thick. One bad storm though and the Islay builders are rushed off their feet. Anyhoo, best of luck to you, keep busy.

[@michaelmcclafferty3346]

A very interesting video. Thanks for making it.

[@theislandbuilder]

@@michaelmcclafferty3346 thanks very much 👍

[@david.thomas.108]

Great little project. Nice work guys 👍

[@theislandbuilder]

Cheers , it’s been great to work on so far , renovation of these old stone buildings is always a challenge but it’s got some cool details coming up ….stay tuned 😆

[@KiwiCatherineJemma]

(Kiwi born and bred here, so my personal preference is ALWAYS Corrugated Galvanised Iron or the newer "Colorbond" prepainted long run metal roofing sheets). OK so those rotten Sarking boards you're replacing, I realise that they've lasted 100 years or more so far, but in order that your replacement Sarking boards last even longer, are you using either a chemically treated timber (we have many grades here in NZ) or are you using a naturally rot, weather and insect resistant timber ? Here in NZ we use "Douglas Fir" (I think the latin name maybe "Pseudotsuga menziesii"). It's native to coastal and inland Oregon and surrounds USA but wildly grown in colder parts of NZ, where the timber is known as "Oregon". (Grows not quite as fast as "Pinus radiata" when used in Forestry). But is still gonna be much faster growing than British Oak for example. Oregon Naturally resists weathering and insects.

[@theislandbuilder]

@@KiwiCatherineJemma Hi there , yeah the profiled metal sheets are very popular here aesthetically as well as functionally especially in our wet climate it’s a quick way of getting your roof waterproof !! generally the sarking boards we use are a pressure treated white wood timber .on occasion you might use a nicer lining board like Douglas fir at the bottom of roofs where you have open eaves for example . There are attempts to move away from treated timber I believe by using thermo-treated timber but I don’t know much about it to be honest .

[@paulbrooker5203]

You have got your work on there Sandy , which do prefer, new build or a renovation ?

[@theislandbuilder]

Tough choice ! Both got their pro’s and cons but there’s a lot of satisfaction to breath new life into older buildings 👍

[@TonyM444]

Enjoyed the video, its quite unusual for the sarking boards to be fitted down here in england. Do they still use it in new builds?

[@theislandbuilder]

Hey , yeah every roof up here is required to have sarkin or sheeted with ply /OSB , I imagine it’s to do with wind bracing given how exposed we are here .