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Erecting the WIR Has Begun - WITH PHOTOS

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Finally, I am getting my wish for a WIR. It will be 12ft x 8ft with a corregated roof.

 

DH and I went to the local sawmill this morning to collect the timber and as we speak my husband is erecting the back panel on our driveway!

 

Welded mesh has been ordered from Hills of Devon and hopefully arriving tomorrow so I'm hoping if the weather is kind it might be complete this weekend and my 7 girls can have much more room!

 

Now planning the interior design!!!

 

Will post photos when complete, but if anyone has any interior inspiration let me know as I'm open to all ideas.

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Mh DH has whizzed along with construction and the framework is already complete. The mesh arrived from Hills today and my DH is stapling it on as we speak.

 

DH had to make a few adjustments today when he realised by putting the house on stilts (its a wooden house) and we are elevating it about 8 inches, we can't lift the lid up, so the house is going on the outside of the run which should make the girls happy as they now get even more room in their WIR :lol:

 

We will be moving them in this weekend (looking like tomorrow :clap: ) whilst finishing off the perches etc inside and the roof will probably be on Monday.

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Today's Update: The WIR is built! Not quite complete; OH taken another day off (oh how I love him for doing this) to build the perches (2 in, 1 freestanding still to be done), add the back 2 legs to the house (note the bricks in the photo!) and the corrugated roof which was to be done tomorrow (Tues) but yet again the Weathermen have got it wrong, it's raining and as we speak my OH is on top of the WIR fixing on the batons ready for the corrugated roof which he's off to buy this morning. We also want to put a up guttering and water butt attached but that won't be done for a few days yet.

 

Will post a final photo once the roof and the clear tarpaulin blinds for the sides are in place.

 

 

Panels being erected

 

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Panels complete

 

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Girls new pophole out into the garden complete with their own WIR Plaque

 

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Close up of the WIR Plaque - courtesy of my Sister who until recently worked at a media signage company

 

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Almost complete - still the jobs above to do - but habitable and the girls seem to like it!

 

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OH is also compiling a full cost breakdown so we can see how much this has cost. Will post once complete so anyone considering building one has an idea of what ours cost. Our WIR run is 12ft x 8ft x 7ft.

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