Week 6 update

This week's activities have been centred around preparation for the stone mason's arrival. The inner skin of the back wall has been rebuilt with ties left out for the mason tie the reconstructed stone wall. 

Inner wall complete and external scaffolding up

The swift progress has caused us to review the sequencing of the project and we will now continue to push on to get the mill ready for a roof for the first time in 27 years.

This weekend was therefore spent removing roofing sheets from the pole barn next to the mill in order to scaffold the gable ends. We have repositioned the wall plate onto the inner side of the walls and therefore with the block work now in place on the back wall we need the stone mason to concentrate on the repairs to the mill's gable ends whilst the builders construct the internal structural walls. This will put us in a position whereby the ridge beams can go in to allow the roof to be formed.

The mason will then be able to reconstruct the Mill's back wall and stone around the rafters which will be in place. This is probably a more efficient way of constructing the building. 

Going..

Going..

Gone- first of the roof sheets removed to allow the scaffolding of the gable end

We look forward to Adrian the stone mason arriving in the morning which marks the next exciting stage of the project.