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12 X 7 Shepherd's hut

Standard Shepherds Hut

Unpainted: £7,750

This shepherd’s hut is built from  high quality materials and includes:

• 2 X 240 VOLT SOCKETS + CONSUMER UNIT/ CIRCUIT BREAKERS
• 4 X LED LOW POWER, HIGH ILLUMINATION CEILING LIGHTS.
• EXTERIOR COACH LIGHT
• STABLE DOOR
• 2 DOUBLE GLAZED, OPENING WINDOWS IN A CHOICE OF LAYOUTS.
• TURNING FRONT AXLE WITH DRAW BAR FITTED,
• STEPS
• EXTERIOR CLAD IN CEDAR IN A YORKSHIRE BOARD STYLE,
• INTERIOR WALLS 16MM PINE T&G V-BOARDS
• ENGINEERED HARDWOOD FLOOR. 
• INSULATED ALL THE WAY ROUND USING ‘EARTH WOOL’ A1 FIRE CLASSIFICATION MADE FROM RECYCLED GLASS BOTTLES.

Sunday Telegraph Living 20-march-2016

SADLY FOR SALE due to house move.

SOLD

Was Advertised for previous Customer:

SOLD due to house move. Lovely hut built by Dave in 2012. Corrugated metal cladding and roof, 3 opening windows and glazed stable door. Interior wood lined and slate hearth with blue enamel burner.

SOLD

That Hot tub and Sauna hut...

Hot Tub and Sauna Hut before its voyage.

The idea came about when we were in Norway last year, whilst delivering the other hut.

“Could you build me a hot tub?”
“Of course we can... Do you want it on wheels?”
“Can you do that?”
“Well – yes, everything is better on wheels.”
“OK, could I have a Sauna as well?”
“Yes, of course.”

That was roughly how the conversation went, not having any idea how we were going to achieve it.

But nothing ventured nothing gained. So on our return to the UK we forgot about it completely and got on with out regular work. - For a while anyway.

Then one particularly wet and dark afternoon we got to thinking about the Hot tub idea again – and wondered if it was a serious idea. - So - After a couple of tentative e-mails and some serious head scratching and sketchy drawings we got the go ahead and produced what you see below.

A completely stand alone wood fired Hot tub and sauna - with 12 volt electric lights – solar powered and “portable” Built almost entirely from home grown Cedar. 

Hot tub and Sauna Hut

THE TRIP.

Once again we were on the boat to Brevik via Gothemburg. The difference this time, besides the hut, was being able to see the way up to Brevik by daylight.

The views from the boat were amazing.

It was raining when we finally departed at Brevik, the road wasn't closed this time, so we thought compared to last time it would be simple. However, after a short time we were kicked off the road. A short diversion this time before being back on the main drag where, besides the occasional lane closure we were making good progress.

We arrived at 3am local time, abandoning the vehicle by the small marina like before, and got our heads down ready for unloading.

The hut looked good by the waters edge. 

We had sunshine in the morning, the perfect ingredient for planning how we were going to get the hut into position. This was done, as all great decisions are, over breakfast.

First we had to drive into the garden next to the first Norwegian hut,
 let the new hut come off the trailer and get the trailer out of the way.

The new hut looks good near the first one.

Then using the American workhorse we moved the hut across the garden and near to the final position. This was a slow and patient task as obstacles needed to be overcome and avoided.  

Half way there, moving the pick-up into a better location.

With careful manoeuvring and the use of three people, a winch and a truck, the hut was finally in position, on slabs provided by the new owner. The hot tub was ready to be filled.

Final touches were added once the hut was in position. 

This took a while. Stopping around halfway to check that the hut was still chocked and not moving before bringing the water level up to full. The fire was then lit. The sauna was also then lit.

Solar panel added to the roof for the lighting. 

The sauna room heats up in about 30 minutes, while the hot tub takes around 4 to 6 hours in summer heat to warm the water up above air temperature.

Hot tub Fire

The fire was left stoked and burning in the hot tub, with the lid on, over night. The next day the water was very warm and the fire was still Smouldering making it very easy to reignite.

Inside the Sauna.

The lighting in the hut is 12 volt, charged by a solar panel on the roof allowing for use during day and night.

The hut in the dark.

We would like to thank our kind hosts for their hospitality while we were commissioning this hut and waiting for the next boat back to the UK.

Whilst we were there both the sauna and hot tub were used and admired by many visitors during the holiday weekend, and were told that it would continue to be used by both the owners and any guests who wished to join them.

Please contact us for further details.
Email: davestilthouse@gmail.com

Huts N Stuff Nordic Adventure.

 

We received an email which truth be told we first considered to be a wind up. “A hut to Norway?”
Well, we said, Yes it could probably be done, and left it pretty much at that.

Several months past, and then suddenly we get a few more emails. Same idea, a hut to Norway.

Then a few months, there was us, the trusted truck and a hut loading onto a boat at 2 am ready to leave Immingham and head for Norway. 

The ferry takes a couple of days, going via Gothemburg (Sweden) before landing in Brevic Norway. Thankfully the seas were calm for our trip out. 

Landing at night, we disembarked the ferry, had a very pleasant trip through customs and headed off with a sat nav and a pretty good sense of direction for the motorway which would take us almost all the way to the hut's new resting place. The motorway in question, however, was shut.

The diversion was down a winding road which had speed bumps every few hundred yards and was a 40 km/h road. The speed limit wasn't a major problem, carrying the hut as we were, however the speed bumps made it slower still.

Eventually, after a missed turning back upon the motorway and a corkscrew bridge which was a little tense, we were making good progress back upon the motorway before being kicked off once more.

This continued, moving from the great straight roads onto twisting ones a few times during the evening. Having gotten back on the motorway again we were greeted with tunnel after tunnel dealing with mountains and rivers in much the same way.

Right where we left it the night before. 

The hut arrived in the middle of the night, having kept the new owner informed during the evening travels. It was parked up by the coast and then we retired, finally, ready for the positioning of the hut the next morning.

On The Lorry

Getting the hut into position, after weighing up the terrain, was relatively easy. The truck made it up a winding gravel track and then onto a grass area without any real problems.

Off The Lorry!

Once the hut was unloaded the next thing to do was manoeuvre it into position by pushing it around the side of the truck.

Making use of local resources.

The hut is placed next to the truck.

The drop of the hut was no worse than doing it in the UK, and then after a couple of hours the hut was in place to the relief of all involved. 

Happy to see it in place. 

Next was to get the truck off of the grass.

This did not go to plan.

The truck was broke. It was the weekend and the truck was going nowhere. At least the boat back wasn't for a couple more days.

The Owners Couldn't Wait to Spend Their First Night In the Hut.

We enjoyed some of the sights while the trucks problems were on our minds, and were greatly in debt to the hospitality of our hosts. We tried many ways to get the truck drive-able over the weekend, but only succeeded in getting it to the bottom of the lane where it was rescued by a much bigger truck.

Red Rescues Yellow.

The truck floats!

Views from the Hut.

The hut, however, did not care, being sat where it was with wonderful views of the Nordic coast. Spectacular views, which we are told, have been gazed upon by many of the Norwegian royals, albeit from the other side of the fjord.

More of the view from the hut.

A truck free zone.

Finally the truck was on the boat home, ready for its next adventure. And then, eventually a return trip to Norway with another hut, a friend for the first, since the original was loved so much.  

Hebridian Islands

(Please click on the images to enlarge.)

Recently we took one of our larger shepherd huts to the Hebridian Islands, where winds can be, so we are told, a bit hairy.

The hut included: a kitchen area, book shelves and bed with cupboards and drawers underneath. The lighting in the hut was solar powered, as well as provision for mains electric to power a fridge, and other electrical goods.

To prepare for high winds, this Shepherd’s hut was fitted with extra tie down points, on each corner. We also supplied four steel legs to provide extra stability in case of extreme weather.

The Shepherd's Hut started its journey from Mid Wales and had a whistle stop tour of England and Scotland.

The hut enjoys a view of Loch Lomond.

 The road ran out at Oban and it was getting dark, so the Shepherd's hut had to wait for the morning ferry to continue its journey.

Oban ferry port at night.

Queueing for the Ferry

On the ferry,

Eventually the hut was allowed to board for the last leg of its journey,

All that remained was to negotiate Island roads and deliver the Shepherd's hut to its final position.

 With a little help from some machines, a couple of locals and a well placed hole in a wall, the hut was soon in position and ready to meet its new owner.

The new owner is inside making a cup of tea.

Now all we needed to do was return an empty lorry back to Midwales after a celebratory beer or two.

Since arriving, the shepherd's hut has been furnished and now has a lived in look to it:

As far as we know the tie downs have yet to be used, but the legs have been fitted:

New Style Wheels.

Here is a 12' Hut with the new style wheels,

All of our huts can now come with this style of wheel as standard,
Other styles are available. 

Windsor Hill Wood

With our usual transport of a breakdown truck out of action having broken down and its mechanic off sick, we had to resort to towing a trailer. We remembered while doing so why we had started to use the breakdown truck in the first place. 

It's all fun and games when trying to navigate your way through the pot holed streets of Bristol at the best of times. Add to the mix a trailer with a hut on its back and your nerves will be shot for sure. 

Then there was the small issue of a car abandoned across one half of a tight turning but with a quick phone call to Toby we headed for a roundabout and came at said turn from the easier way.

With all that aside, it was a pretty easy drop once we were at location. Once on site we weren't convinced that the breakdown truck would have coped with the ground. As it was, the land rover pulled the trailer up the muddy track and over grass with relative ease once we had remembered to put the diff lock on. 

So with a large team effort provided by Toby the hut was then manoeuvred into the desired location ready for them to add the finishing touches. 

A delivered 'unpainted' hut.

The hut itself, pictured above, was delivered unpainted. The five windows, two on each side and one in the end, were all opening and double glazed. 

A note from Toby of Windsor Hill Wood:

Just wanted to say thanks for doing everything you said you would. The hut looks magnificent and feels just right for this place. It'll keep someone very warm and cosy through the winter. We're all very grateful. All the best, Toby

Windsor Hill Wood is a woodland shelter set up by Tobias Jones and Francesca Lenzi. Inspired by the Pilsdon Community in Dorset, it aims to create a peaceful environment where people going through tough or uncertain times can come and reflect on life.

The painted hut.