Despite the poor weather forecast for today, we got some good weather this afternoon (dry, at least). This enabled us to get on with the building of the internal kitchen wall. The reason that this is important is that the roof truss sits on this internal wall. This means that we can’t start erecting the roof until this internal wall is in place. The roof sits on the inner wall of the building and not the outer.
This wall is made up of reclaimed stone from a couple of internal walls that we demolished previously. Once finished, we will sandblast this wall to remove all of the old paint and grime. The internal wall, like the outer walls, will then be pointed.
Today we reached the height of the second window in the kitchen. This is a big one. Much bigger than we thought. Tomorrow the window head will be installed and the last few inner course built (weather permitting).
Despite the poor weather forecast, we had some decent weather today – particularly this afternoon. This enabled us to get a few more courses on the internal kitchen wall.
The view from the front of the building. You can see the back of the new internal kitchen wall.
Yes, that is a window on the right – not a door! I don’t think that we had realised that it was going to be this big! But at least it will let lots of light in!