What wonderful friends I have. First Friederike helps me banish negative energy, and now Marcia has helped me banish the rotten ceilings, revealing the beautiful beams of the new roof above. Actually, ‘help’ is not quite the right word – once she got that crowbar in her hands, she was a one-woman show of destructive force. My job was to pitch them out the window and stack them up below.
Getting started, showing fine crowbar form
- Looks benign from this angle, but the animal scat up there was disgusting.
The finished product; the beams came down easily in this room because they were rotten, but were too heavy for us in the others.
Bath ceiling is particularly pretty as it’s the hipped part.
Above the master, the hall ceiling will remain in order to have a little place for accessing the roof through the window (for repairs).
The nails are so old they’re hand-made, square ones
Caber toss championships
Boards in space!
The landing deck
- Neighbour Alberto has kindly offered to take them away and burn them. Only a few boards were salvageable, this pile is all rotten.
Reward time!
Godzillavilla 
Sometimes I think the homes I work on are old (50-60 yrs old) and its crazy what we find behind the walls, but then I read about people like you and I can’t even imagine. Great work and I can’t wait to see how things progress…
Thanks! It is pretty interesting. Also the construction techniques are completely different from the wood frame houses I know in Canada. Always on a learning curve.
I love demo!
It’s so active, and unleashes all that sense of possibility – I agree it’s highly satisfying.
Sis, you and Marcia and the house interior all look great! – what a wonderful spot and what a great job you did. Sisters, we should make a plan to visit next year! –
Nice to see you commenting – we had a ton of fun.
Are windows the next step?
No, the plaster has to happen before windows, or the windows get wrecked in the process. There is some stabilization of a few lintels to come next. Professionals required for that part.
Beautiful roof/ceiling, nice work! And you look totally blessed in the reward photo, makes me want to be there more than ever…
Make that blissed, spell check got me again.
Blissed or blessed, a little of both!
Great to meet you both and see the fruits of your labor! Love your ceiling. Can’t wait to see what happens on your next visit.
Thanks! Actually we did a little more this visit too…that blog to come shortly.
It looks as though you are having great fun.
We certainly have been. Very satisfying.
How wonderful to see it all taking shape Shelagh. You two look a very formidable team. Well done! What happens next?
Marcia went crazy and removed most of the old bathroom; more about that soon.
The ceiling looks great! So does the scenery.
Thanks. Feels great to get the revolting, rotten stuff (and all that animal poop) out of the house.