More beams

Serious things are happening now. This beam, which was an afterthought put in when the front wall of the pantry was constructed, is now going.

Before it could go, the pantry wall had to go, which meant removing Ellie's lead-light windows. These were taken down and packed away carefully, awaiting a new wall to support them.

It wasn't long before the windows were out and the cladding coming off. Ellie got into the swing of it as the lower boards became accessible. 

Time to put up the first beam on the pantry side so Ellie was up on the scaffold like a shot.

 

The beam is up but what is it for ? It seems to be floating. This is building in reverse. First put up your beam, then support it with something !

 

Forget the support. Let's put up another one.

 

So there is the result (with a rather naked pantry) although that beam will continue next week. We also finished the beams on the window side too.