Moving down stairs to the back room.

This room sits under bedroom3. This room had really bad damp and water damage due to broken guttering and a badly fitted conservatory (using the term very loosely). The plaster had to come of, but again it had a lot of cement render which was perpetuating the damp problem. The room had also been covered in polystyrene sheeting and vinyl wallpaper, all trapping moisture. It all had to go.

There was a very ugly 50's fireplace which had bad water damage so it had to come out. The brickwork behind was not too good, and the original brickwork within the fireplace collapsed. What was left was just the open surround and flue.

 

Start of the demolition - the 50's surround has gone (thanks Dad) and the infill rubble starts to fall out. Digging a bit deeper, the nest that was in the chimney appears. The next day, we had Jackdaw in the house - clearly, it was their nest. It wasn't in use as we are in winter, but they will have to find somewhere new to nest.

The amount of rubble that come out of these things is amazing!

The cleared fireplace. I can now place our woodburning stove here to start getting some heat into the building structure.

 

During this, I drove over a drain cover in my Landie and it collapsed. So a new cover had to be put on. Quite a tidy job even if I say so myself...

Next, the main front room.