Thursday, February 02, 2012

Holy Moly!

Well, the time has come to bite the bullet, pick up the big beast and cut the holes for the windows in the gallery


The Beast

helpfully - and scarily it states that it spins at 4700 

needs more light
the plan is to cut holes for the door and two windows, to  make something like this:

the plan







We started with two cuts by the existing door, (terrible work!) and began to knock out the concrete blocks that make up the wall. As bits that we didn't want came crashing down round our feet, it became obvious that subtlety was not the answer.
So we took out the whole wall!
well, that's that sorted



How many holes are we meant to have?




the fireplace in all its glory

here's hoping for many sunny mornings like this



and this is the view