Supporting the weight

Whilst waiting for floors to dry, Steve's guys have been helping us out with the ever expanding to do list! On a recent walk around the property, we noticed that the floor of the master bedroom had a bit of a wobble to it. On further inspection we found there to be a 2" gap below the skirting board - eek! Because we are intending on putting an en-suite in here, we thought it might be prudent to look at supporting this some more. We made a quick call to Dave, who advised us that it was because the original floor joists had been positioned the wrong way and so would need two RSJ's to support the span and prevent any further deterioration. A few calculated drawings later and the guys were in and up with the new beams in no time.

Chopping into the wall to accommodate the steels:

Steels lifted into position (by hand!?)

noggings put in place along the length of the steel, ready for the plasterboard and coving:

Once covered, these will look like they've always been there. We can also be at peace every time we're using the bathroom above, we won't be falling in on the room below - phew!

Creating the Kitchen

The guys have been hard at work making good of the gable end, now that the chimney is down. The speed at which it has been happening has been quite astonishing too! After only two days we went from oil tarred stonework to this:

The bedding in looks great:

And if you hadn't known there'd been a chimney there 

I don't think you could tell now by looking!

The steels are in to support the weight of the wall:

And the block work has gone in to stabilise the new roof:

The tiles from the old utility roof have come down:

And the opening from the inside looks fantastic:

They've also been hard at it digging up the floor ready for insulation and heating. We weren't too sure what there would be under the suspect lino, but there were some fantastic flagstones waiting for us:

They need a bit of a clean up but we think they will look just great in the new conservatory 

(in a few years time....)

The salvage yard is filling up quite nicely now:

And it's great to see mother nature still making her mark in amongst all the chaos too: