It’s December, well it was when I wrote this, its now January.
The first job was to pull down the internal stone wall and remove the rotten floor joists and floor. The stone wall was a remnant from the old stable but it no longer has a structural purpose. The decision was made to remove it to give more space. We’ll re-use the stone elsewhere and we’ve left a few of the larger ones because we think they will look interesting. It has nothing to do with them being too heavy to move. We engaged a local farmer and his mini digger to dig out the floor. Much to our delight he discovered cobbles underneath the concrete. If we ever have the time and energy, our drive may become a Welsh Koppenberg.
The stable is now a ready for the next stage of works.
This is what the stable looked like when we bought Ty Hen
The first floor was used as storage by the previous owner
The stone wall had to go. We will use the stone elsewhere
There as some big stones in that wall
wall debris
Stairs have also gone. Nice firewood
Being over cautious with acro props.
Mainly demolition and removal at this stage