...and the joist work continues (April 2007)

Installing the joists in the rear half of the house was more difficult than the front room, because of the stairs and walls in the way.














We had to take out some walls to make room for the joists to go up. We started on the wall between the bedroom and bathroom stairs.










Then we moved on to the wall between the bathroom stairs and lower stairs.







There was no extra help available when installing the rear joists, but luckily our technique had improved by this time, and we managed to get even the heaviest joists into place with just the two of us.




First joist installed, with most of the bedroom wall now gone. Note the old wattle and daub wall construction in the wall between the bedroom and kitchen/living room.


We now have to crouch down to get up and down the bathroom stairs!

The exposed joists do have their uses - very handy for drying clothes...

...and storing clothes! We were really chuffed with this solution, as we no longer had any space for a wardrobe.