Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Door and window completed
| Now that the new oak lintel has set it was time to remove the back half of the wall and the other internal rotten oak lintel. The internal lintel needs to be al least 4cm higher than the external one because you need clearance for the door frame and to be able to lift the door on and off the hinges. | 
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| Another acroprop for support now that the stone has been removed all the way through. The photo also shows the clamps holding on the shuttering ready to pour the new internal concrete lintel. |  |
| A view of the shuttering from the inside. The little blue clamps on the right are very handy. They consist of a 'loose' arm on a spike. The spike is just hammered into the wall between the stones and then the arm slides up to the workpiece. Tapping the arm locks it into place. |
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| The shuttering now removed after leaving it all to set
after a long weekend. The wood below the concrete is the inside of the new oak lintel. |
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| A little more work to build up the outside stonework
and place a new window sill in place completes the job. The new stonework looks out of place at the moment because the old stonework has been pointed with a cement mixture and spread over the edges of the stone. This is going to be removed eventually to expose the stone and then the whole lot will be repointed with a lime mortar. |
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