The current state of affairs in the hall: We have been doing some work in the rear part of the basement #picsoritdidnthappen
Unfortunately we have encountered some trouble with the interior framework (again).
Turns out ’someone‘ has had the great idea of mounting a wooden construction to the exterior walls in the basement of this really old house. Well, after we had gone rid of the steel and some other waste we had time to inspect everything in detail and were not too happy to find a lot of mould and funghi in the ‚great hall’…
Moist spots (soil moisture as well as constructive problems with a neighbor’s rain pipe) in the back area of the building were the main problems, although the escape stairway also has a constructive issue with water drainage and constantly wets a large portion of the wall facing the yard whenever it’s raining.
We will save you the images of minor floodings for now and say so much: A company has been contracted to get rid of the interior formwork and the broken plastering in the hall – it’s just too much work for two people and especially the fungus in the back of the hall was definitely a problem that we needed experts to look at.
Yet another time tons of material have been moved out of the basement. The current state of affairs looks really sad but is a great progress for us: Only furniture and the wiring along the ceiling remain, along with some trash that the company will take out soon. The best part (sorry, not visible in the pics) is that they also demolished the ceiling, which at a hight of almost 5m is truly a hassle.
