Master Bedroom Floor

The main bedroom was a bit more tricky as we had fitted two new beams which were a bit higher than the two old beams left in place. The old beams were put in green when the house was built and have sagged but although they are strong they are a couple of hundred years old so I wanted to keep the weight off them if I could. 
I built a wooded frame that supported a 250mm x 100 mm oak beam the frame was set onto concrete foundation beam dug out and laid by hand in the kitchen for the purpose.
I also incorporated some old upright beams in the design. 
You can see the old wood here. The other side of the downstairs terracotta blocks is the neighbours (they stay for 4 months a year in the summer) garage so will be insulated for sound and heat. I will then either make a brick and oak cross beam wall (medieval style) or use some more old oak uprights and then render or plaster onto cement board in between between. Not decided on that yet. AS we will no doubt spend a lot of time in the kitchen it is important to us that it is warm welcoming and functional and also has a bit of a wow factor. 







The terracotta wall in the bedroom will be wooden framed and probably plaster boarded and the plastered with plenty of insulation behind it.

Here is the start using the method of a solid start point explained earlier



Here is my son Z who is assisting by throwing some moves.

In this one you can see all the various lengths of the planks used and you just put them in as makes sense and keep the joints as close as you can to the joists for added strength. 








Nearly finished and the hammer arm and the back are starting to ache a bit now.





Here is Mrs B giving some scale to the size of the master bedroom, 5.5 meters by 5.5 meters by pretending to be curled up in bed. 
In the various photos You can see the big velux which brings in the evening light at the rear and the smaller one at the front to bring light into the dressing area and the 2 meter door window at the front. That will open onto a window box balcony.








Here is me in the shadows but hopefully you get an idea of how the big tall windows will look. I haven’t finished the edges yet but that allows me to easily push any excess render down the gaps when I render the walls. Once all the dirty jobs are done In will finish the edges





The stone walls in the bedroom will all be rendered in the 3 sand 1 lime 1 sieved mud render that we use. There will also be built in cupboards, wardrobe etc below the small dorma at the front with shelving all faced with old oak as a dressing area for Mrs B.
Something similar for me on the opposite wall.


We designed and had made locally some bespoke balconies for the tall windows by an artisan blacksmith called Wayne Challis I believe he has a retail outlet in Josslin. They will look fantastic when we fit them to the front of the building. 
It’s all part fo those details that make the finished job just look that much better.
They are about a 110cms high and just over that wide. 
They are about 15 cms deep at the top and bow out to about 40cm at the bottom so will stop anyone walking out through the windows and be great for big flower boxes.











These photos will have to suffice until I can get some better ones although they do show some of the detail. 
I do have a photo of Mrs B stood next to the pair of them however it is not a very flattering shot of her and I am under the sternest of warnings about the dire consequences I would suffer should I post it.