New Great Hall Floor Delivered

The Christmas blog entry described how we are planning to refloor the Great Hall in 2024. Well today the wood for the construction arrived: namely floor joists and Tongue and Groove (T&G) plywood for the sub-floor. Due to the problems of storage (a vast quantity is involved) we didn't want to order this wood, until we knew we were going ahead, and tomorrow is the day.

Many years ago I purchased reclaimed T&G hardwood strip flooring for the top finishing layer of the grand reception rooms - this has been in storage a long time! As the reclaimed flooring is missing tongues in many places, I decided that an additional wooden subfloor is required to stop the reclaimed stuff from falling through.

By the time, I went round the back of the castle to photograph today's wood delivery, Gregor had already got it under a blue tarpaulin, so you will have to take it on trust. :-) You can see the last big pile of rubble and grot dug out of the Great Hall immediately to the left.