Clearing out and Plastering

Internal renovations started in July 2008, which involved patching up some of the old plaster, which had departed company from the walls; in other places we left the stonework exposed.  In the hallway, the small rusty firegrate was removed and some of the plasterwork fell away to reveal a large stone fireplace which added great character to the hallway.

Danni sanded down the wooden "shopfront" windows from what was formerly a bike bits-and-pieces shop. A lot of the nails were removed from the beams in the "shop", although some required the use of the angle-grinder.

Meanwhile, Simon H discovered the joys of making a hole through a 30" thick stone wall to allow us to fit the waste pipe in the bathroom to the sewer outside!  This then allowed us to install the studwork for the plasterboard walls in the bathroom.