First Floor Joists 6
I have laid the floor in the right direction this time as it is just enough for the scaffolding to fit onto. View from the bedroom window.
Category: First Floor
First Floor Joists 5
First section of the floor installed. Florent will also need this side of the building to ache a floor for accessing the original windows that need their lintels raising to get the electric volets in ....
First Floor Joists 4
Trial holes for installing the sewage (assainissement) system were dug and surprise, surprise they are full of water. Consequently the system cannot be a standard one but instead an electrically driven micro station. Cost will ....
First Floor Joists 2
I am working hard to keep ahead of Florent and his team. they need a floor in to be able to set scaffolding and work on opening the upstairs windows. so once I had enough ....
First Floor Joists 1
The first floor sits between new joists and above the existing beam. First the wall joists (double) were installed and bolted with a special resin. Than the hangers added. Despite all my planning, the bolts ....
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 4
Thanks to the generosity of our builder, I have been able to organise a week of moving hay for La Métairie with their volunteers. Because of Mike's (Baker) birthday bash I have had to spread ....
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 ....