Upper Mezzanine Floor 2
I need to cut some of the oak beam ends and they are heavy. Much too heavy to balance on the chop saw now it is on its stand. So, a sawhorse is required and ....
Category: Upper Mezzanine
Mezzanine leading to the office area
Upper Mezzanine Floor 1
Just a half day on site today and it was slow progress as I have been cutting and drilling oak beams. Only on photo of the first section of beam cut, drilled and positioned under ....
Office Mezzanine, Paths and Enclosures
The new oak beams are laid in place and inserted into new holes in the wall before being enclosed. A stairwell space needs to be made but I can get a good idea of the ....
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 ....
The Pergolas Arrive
The Douglas Fir pergolas have arrived together with the roofing materials. The three wheeled forklift was an amazing machine that could turn its wheels through 90 degrees to access difficult positions. Each pergola has been ....
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 ....
External Concreting Preparation
The wall rendering is finished. The concrete support is re-shuttered to be raised to the new height. The hole to receive the far end of the new beam has been raised and moved to get ....
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 ....