As indicated in the previous postings we have generated vast quantities of hardcore from removing the old barn roof in October and the floors in the second part of the house. Piled up at the front of the courtyard it has been something of an eyesore and a concern as to what we might do with it given that none of our neughbours seemed interested in using it for their building projects – removal by skip here in France is dreadfully expensive and the alternative of many, many trips to the local tip did not bear thinking about.
The answer has been to create a patio under the barn next to where we shall step out of the new kitchen – this is four blocks high from the ground which will enable us to see over the garage roof to the Pyrenees. From this patio a terrace has been formed across the whole front of the house leading onto the remaining area which had been pigsties and which we shall turn into what is called here a 'summer kitchen'. So foundations for the walls were pulled using the mini-digger and the blocks laid leaving us the task of back-filling the area with the hardcore. It has been a back-breaking effort made worse by the knowledge that had we made the decision to create these areas before we cleared the floors we could have put the hardcore straight into them – a painful lesson to learn.
From the pictures you can see the prepared areas where the next task will be to have pre-mixed concrete delivered and laid. After which the major problem will be to keep the dogs and cat off, footprints are not wanted!
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