Removal of the Mud Ceiling was completed by Friday last week in both downstairs rooms and proved easier than expected. These ceiling were a traditional wooden lather and mud construction laid upon the horizontal beams across the voids. Once the first sections of each were removed the rest were very straight forward, albeit a bit messy & dusty as I let the debris fall to the ground floor.
I thought I could use the wooden lathe and mud to repair some of the platform in the Barn, but discovered that the lathes are too small and longer lengths will be required. In clearing the debris today, I realised it would have been useful to lay some tarpaulin before to make shovelling easier!
Once exposed it was clear that the last ceiling bean at the rear above the breeze block section was rotten, if fact upon inspection it is clear that there was a wood burner in the middle wall corner at some point with a chimney through the old roof here and the beam is burnt, requiring a new beam or central section to be replaced. Over the weekend I realised that once blocks are removed and a new rear Glazed Door is installed it will not only allow light in downstairs, but in the upper floor if I installed a glass floor section 70x100cm in this area and i have found a company who will provide the tempered glass to do the job, once everything is prepared and final measurement are available.
