Tuesday, November 09, 2004
Doors in progress
The workers are coming along fantastically. The two doors at the front have all the granite blocks in place surrounding the door frame and are just waiting for the lintels to be placed on top when they have dried.
Behind the granite blocks is some shuttering (wooden boards in photo on left) which is infilled with concrete, stones, etc. to build up the depth of the wall and hold everything together. It just binds the existing wall and the new facing stones. The walls are over 60cm thick so need alot of material replacing. Existing doors and windows in older parts of the building have been back-filled and finished off with stone layer by layer, but concrete is cheaper, stronger and much faster. It all gets covered over with insulation and plasterboard, so it's never going to be seen. If was done in the traditional way with lime mortar and stone then it would take weeks, not days, and consequently cost much much more.
They have now started on the openings at the rear for the kitchen and access to the patio.
Next week the roofer and carpenter arrive to take off the slates and prepare the openings in the roof so they can start on the lucarnes at the front.
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Doors in progress
