I drew up the design for this door, which will be the front door. A local carpenter who uses wood from the forestry commission, which is the most sustainable source of wood here at the moment. The wood used is Mukwa. He did a great job, I'm really happy with this, a window pane will be fitted in the circular hole. I love arches and I am keen to have mainly arched doors and doorways in the house, this also reduces the need for lintels. The back door will be rectangular with a lintel as I have some old railway sleepers which look beautiful as lintels.
Any wood which is cut and used in the house, we are replacing by planting more trees which I have grown from seed on our land.
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ReplyDeleteHi Jochen,
DeleteThanks for this information, that sounds really interesting, do you have any more detailed documentation/information on how this was done? As termites and wood borers are a big problem here and I am looking for natural ways to deter them!