Domaine de La Ville Heleuc

La Forge

La piscine

Le Fournil

Our holiday home, Le Fournil

Le Fournil is the old baking house of La Ville Heleuc, that is now being renovated.

It should be ready for 2011, have a look at the progress here:

October 2009 Mezuring and planning.	November 2009 Everything has to go out...
We keep all we can,	but the small Nissan doesn't make it...	... the tractor must help!
January 2010: plans are ready!	February 2010 The end of the kitchen.	Upstairs nearly everything is gone.	The old window becomes a pathway.
March 2010 We need some help.	Stones and ciment come out.	Real start.
April 2010: foundations are ready.	Bricks, ...	Airtubes, stones, ...	already done!
Two days later comes the lime-cannabis-mix.	It's flattened...	even more, ...	and must dry out.
May 2010: carpenters start working.	The excavation for the heating tubes.	Not so easy to move them.	The upstairs pathway is ready.
First day of summer - the first wall stands.	Three days later, the second one.	The carpentry is ready.	The first windows are in place...
After the holidays - let's go on!	The last piece of carpentry is done.	Inside we start isolation.	The lime-cannabis-mix lets breath the walls.
Middle of september 2010.	The roof is nearly covered...	The work goes on inside...	and here we are: 3 out of 4 walls ready.
End of september 2010: finishing the roof.	The toilet's window.	This will be the entry...	Here comes earth in a big bag.
Octobre 2010: wooden wool and steamprotection.	Everybody helps!	December 2010: snow is here...	Installation of the gypsum and cellulose panels.
January 2011: first try of the bathtub .	Point of view towards south.	Finished - waiting for final earth coating...	The last wall upstairs has just been coated with lime-cannabis- mix. View of the south part through the passway.
February 2011: preparing the terrace.	March: connecting to the heating room.	Plan for the heating tubes.	Upstairs everything is ready for the bamboo.
Here is the futur staircase.	The next day it's assembled. On the floor the heating tubes are already sub pressure and wait for the next lime mixture.	Heating spirals in the living room.	First coat of varnish at 9 pm.
Here it's done, waiting for the partition wall.	Heating tubes and armoured electricity .	Plan for the sloped entrance.	This lime-mix is not good - get it out again!
April 2011: here is the wood for the terrace.	This time the lime-mix is okay.	First sunbath on the "nearly" finished terrace.	Teak-rests round the bath tub.
Inner walls and sliding doors.	Here comes the granite plates from hill Isaac.	First earth plaster in the toilets.	The bathroom upstairs - nearly done!
May 2011: granite on the floor.	Closet and sink downstairs.	White earth plaster in the south part.	Closet made from recycled wood.
June 2011: Bamboofloor upstairs.	Nearly ready.	Ceiling and led-lamps in the sleeping room.	D-13: Temporary sewing room upstairs.
D-12: Joints in the sleeping room downstairs.	D-11: The sleeping room upstairs nearly ready.	D-10: The kitchen will be installed here during the weekend.	D-9 : Electricity. Power plugs and switchs are installed. Lamps and mirrors are fixed.
D-8: And still more joints...	D-7: Kitchen equipment.	D-6 : Water and electric connections.	D-5: Painting baseboards.
D-4: Test of lights.	D-3: The oven in its homemade cabinet.	D-2: The kitchen cabinets - all with drawers.	D-1: Building the bed in the sleeping room.
D day, 26/6/2011: Tonight we sleep here.	Everything is not yet ready, but we see the end... There is not yet hot water and gas, but the fridge is cooling down - and we needed that during this terrible hot sunday. Luckily there are 5 more days before our first guests arrive.	D+1 : More curtains, making a first night stand, more work in the kitchen, and the first evening meal.	D+2: Gas coming in.
D+3: Instaling the extractor hood.	D+4 : Preparing the rooms upstairs and last joint between bamboo and teak at 11 pm.	D+5: Transport and installation of the shower.	X+6: Bell at the entry - that's it!