A home from home. Wherever home may be. Wherever one may lay their woodsmoke stinkin' hat.
Fire is always involved, whatever the weather.
22.03.2026
I'm returning and tweaking as I go.
The roof had caved in due to rain, so I have rejigged it and propped it up using braces. An old ladder has been used here, which has provided the length I need to act as a main joist.
Hopefully the added upward tension will make the tarp roof more stable in the wind and limit sagging from rain.
With it being spring, I hope to clear the ground in front of the 'nest', so I can start to sow seed and grow edible plants and flowers.
Councils are developing on greenbelt land all around Greater Manchester as part of their 'Places For Everyone' initiative, and it is my aim with this self initiated project to show how 'tiny homes' with smallholding plots (more in line with natural ecology and biodiversity) could be integrated into the wider systemic model.
29.03.2026
There's been a fair bit of rejigging this roof.
Every time I come back to the 'nest' it has partially collapsed or is sagging in areas where rain water has collected on the tarpaulin.
My solution is to provide more upward tension on the central beams to make an apex. This meant repositioning the ladder. It is probably a makeshift solution, but it should hopefully work.
With the tarp having more tension and the cross-beams in place, I the structure starts to feel a bit less haphazard and looks/feels more structured and purposeful (even though it doesn't look it in the image)
I'd managed to find some cut down fence panels, which I thought would act as great shingles for the roof.