The hallway

We're going for open plan...
to let more light in to the dingy hallway and build an open timber-frame area 


this was the view from our front door into the garden!
Toooo many doors!

First we checked to see if there was a lintel above the door
- No, but we found a beautiful old oak beam

in really good shape, just a bit grimy from being covered up for fifty or so years

not quite above the door but pretty close

and it stretches over the full width of the hallway :-)
maybe we won't need the timber-frame here

Peter and John are getting started...

careful there are cables "somewhere"and
don't forget the little oil pipeline is lying open on the floor right next to the old wall!

they create some windows to see if there are any vertical supporting beams or any more hidden surprises.
they find bricks, clay, wood and patches of cement

securing the house from falling down

Peter can't wait to get the rest down

and then it got a bit dusty, that's not a badly taken photo.

Peters' grey hair became blond/brown from the claywall-dust.

Hello, you again? He might need a shower or two.

They found some more more cables too

only a few more bricks

and as the dust settled

it looked quite promising -
A big THANK YOU for the help - Peter, great Job :-)

need to remember where the cables go

presumably that paneled white thing is the very old chimney from 200 years ago,

it is pretty solid so better don't touch

the bottom bit was falling apart, so we built a foundation to it
on the floor the little oilpipe that crosses the hallway -
we still need the thing for our wonderful heating system

the supervisor is having a rest

the under construction for plaster boards

first the plaster boards

fill in the gaps

the podest in front of the steps got rounded off

the first layer of plaster dries off

the old door hinges have to go

on the opposite side the wall is a mishmash of everything, so we give it a concrete shell

more plaster goes on the wall, more concrete on the right, the oil pipe goes under the floor

the floor leveled off and concrete over the pipe

that looks more solid
the door on the right will be closed off to create shelf space in the office

we cut an old beam that was lying in the hayloft in half and positioned the 2 half's
left and right of the hallway under the old lintel

nearly ready for the decorator

this is the view to our guest bathroom , the door is closed and the wall gets covered in plaster boards

This was the old work-kitchen, now a part is our guest bathroom and the rest we added to the hallway

The corner is now ready with the old wardrobe that Isa's Grandfather built

Remember?

the view from the front door into the garden now.
As soon as the Electrics are laid this will all be plastered over.

and the view up the stairs now looks like this.