A nice tidy bedroom to start with.
I started inside by stripping off all the panelling as carefully as possible and was relieved to find the walls fairly dry. However I did find that some stone that was used as the lintel for the wee fireplace had not been suitable ... in places it had turned to sand with the heat. So Archie is making that safe. If someone had gone on using the fire eventually part of that inner wall would have collapsed. So, I'm glad I stripped all the panelling off!
This is Andrew - a bit camera shy - putting in the shuttering prior to filling in with concrete
The hole was initially rather large for comfort, even though it was shored up with scaffolding, but at this stage (below) Andrew and David have rebuilt the sides around the frame which will be the window.
Some pretty big stones came out!
I am expecting that on Monday David will point up all around the window space and Andrew will tidy up the inside, then, hopefully, the new window will be in place sometime this week. When that happens I will start building a frame on which to re-fix the panelling and within which I will put insulation.
I started inside by stripping off all the panelling as carefully as possible and was relieved to find the walls fairly dry. However I did find that some stone that was used as the lintel for the wee fireplace had not been suitable ... in places it had turned to sand with the heat. So Archie is making that safe. If someone had gone on using the fire eventually part of that inner wall would have collapsed. So, I'm glad I stripped all the panelling off!
This is Andrew - a bit camera shy - putting in the shuttering prior to filling in with concrete
The hole was initially rather large for comfort, even though it was shored up with scaffolding, but at this stage (below) Andrew and David have rebuilt the sides around the frame which will be the window.
Some pretty big stones came out!
I am expecting that on Monday David will point up all around the window space and Andrew will tidy up the inside, then, hopefully, the new window will be in place sometime this week. When that happens I will start building a frame on which to re-fix the panelling and within which I will put insulation.It's a bit draughty as we are having southerly gales! However, it could be freezing, rather than mild!
