Underfloor Heating 3
While my two assistants watched on, I rearranged the main staircase components, moving them from the first floor to the upper mezzanine. I also sorted the various lengths of parquet ready for the next few ....
Category: Lower Mezzanine
Mezzanine leading to the bedroom level
First Floor Flooring 1
So, with the upper mezzanine done I have moved to the lower mezzanine which is also the first floor and made a start on the oak flooring. I have had to jigsaw the boarding around ....
More Flooring
With the old warped beams removed from the upper mezzanine, a support beam to level the new oak beams is placed in position. With the first floor and lower mezzanine joists in place I have ....
Final Floor Beams 2
The concrete base has gone into the garden store. And the new replacement beam has been installed over the existing one that gave me concerns at one end. Also te high level beam is in ....
Final Floor Beams 1
Florent's team returned to site today and immediately set about installing the missing floor beams that were recently delivered for both the first floor and attic . By the end of the day the attic ....
Sand Blasting
If you have never seen it, this is sand blasting in progress. Jonathan has cleaned the wall (that will be exposed in the Lounge) and is here cleaning up the joists that will remain visible ....
Internal Walls Rendered
With the concrete removed from the walls the team got on with applying a cost of lime based mortar. Not quite finished but it make a huge impact on the inside to have the walls ....
Floor Removal and Tidying Up
Tea time over I took these high level shots to show the trenches all filled. Philippe and I then turned our attention to removing the rest of the first floor (or at least the bits ....
Making Hay 6
Sunday was a full day working with la Métairie to finally clear the upper floor. All gone at last. Just a quick sweep to finish off.
Making Hay 3
So a solution to the hay problem has been found. The lovely people at Le Refuge La Métairie which houses horses, donkeys and goats offered to come over to do the hard work of moving ....