Windows 3
Putting my temporary floor to good use. The stone wall is rebuilt on the inside over the new concrete lintel.
Category: First Floor
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.
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 ....