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 ....
Category: Upper Mezzanine
Mezzanine leading to the office area
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 ....
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 ....
Filling Time Cleaning Up
Still waiting on planning so negotiations continue with suppliers. We think we have found a trusted contractor to do the majority of the heavy work but with rising prices it is becoming clear that I ....
More Measuring
Every time I try to draw a part of the plan I discover that I am missing a dimension! So, at least once a week I pop over to the site with measuring equipment to ....
Quotations Begin
With the old house sold it is time to get on with organising the reconstruction for the new property. Today saw the first visitor to arrive to give quotations for making good the walls where ....