Month: June 2018

As work continues towards removal of the beam in the kitchen, the joists in the bedroom floor are revealed, and we can see straight down into

This beam, which is meant to support the kitchen floor, has been held up by a temporary pillar since before we bought the house. Huge wooden

With the foundation, walls and stone cladding in place, a small digger arrives.  The huge pile of dirt is quickly reduced as the hole is backfilled,

As the basement floor comes up, this ring of bricks is revealed.  I wonder what it was.  A well, maybe?

As the level of the earth is higher than expected, it looks like just one step will be necessary.