A busy and tiring couple of weeks. After the large stone retaining wall was built with the stone from the demolished wall and manger in the barn, the next job was levelling the floor. A huge amount of pickaxing, shovelling and raking, yielded even more stones and slabs. Several more walls were constructed around gardens, until finally after about 50 barrow loads of surplus material had been removed the floor was more or less flat.
The next task was a level survey of the tops of the existing beams which varied about 15cm. About 50 timber blocks had to be precisely made to sit on the tops of the wonky beams at each joist position, so that the they would be supported at the correct height to make the floor level. New timbers were resin anchored to the gable walls to support the joist ends as there are no beams here.
Michiel had gifted me a days labour as a birthday present, so yesterday he and I set about installing the joists. This progressed fairly quickly where we had blocks to set them on, but at the high end the joists had to be notched over each of the beams to become level. It took all day but finally it was done.
Today after some perimeter blocking between the joists, the OSB flooring was laid which will eventually support underfloor heating. About 85% is done.
Unearthed this stone with masons name and date....C. J-P Aout 1886 - probably "CARRERE Jean-Paul August 1886"
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