Going Up

May 2013

Finally, after weeks of asking, we had a delivery of floorboards for the mezzanine.  They turned out to be more expensive than we'd hoped, but also a lot more posh than we'd expected.  We were just going to fit the basic stuff we'd put in the shed, but Constantine didn't want to compromise his professional integrity, and got us the posh stuff at a very good price comparatively.  So we're not complaining, and Dave was able to throw himself into woodworking, since he'd been invalided out of wall building.

16th May: The first few boards fitted, enough to be able to work from on top, rather than running up and down various ladders to nail onto each joist.

 17th: Almost to the central beam.

18th: Fitting round the posts.  The mezzanine starting to look like a really nice upstairs space

Doing the boards over the entryway, Dave found this creature hanging onto a joist.  We called her 'Lucky' as you don't get to be that big a stick insect without a bit of luck.  She stayed put, just shuffling round a bit, while we nailed the boards down over her head.  The joist she's hanging on to is 12cm wide.

27th: Dave has managed the tricky bit around the stair aperture, and got a few boards down on the cantilevered section of the mezzanine - here he demonstrates that they can hold his weight, and there's plenty of headroom.  In fact, there's lots more headroom than we planned - it's a lot bigger all round than we expected.

Walking the plank - well, shuffling along on your bottom on the plank.  Neither of us are very good with heights.

Westering sun streaming into the boarded out mezzanine, with the mattress we bought from Joe and Amanda ready and waiting.  The wood ust needs to be treated with preservative and we'll be moving in.  Doesn't it look nice?