Progress

After demolishing the blockwork at the rear of the first floor, I had to create an oak frame to eventually support the roof trusses and hold a pair of glazed double doors and two windows. The green oak is beefy and f***ing heavy. Each of the 3 beams weighs about 150 kgs. Ropes, pulleys and the tractor were required to move the 4.5m long beams to the rear of the barn, then crowbars and brute force to drag them into position once the mortice and tenons had been cut.