storeysinfrance Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 hiyanot sure if this is the right place to post this but... here goes...we're renovating the cottage which adjoins the main house here (very close to brantome) ourselves and were wondering if anyone local fancies a day of reasonably intensive labour in return for similar(ish) help being offered?we've got to cut down and shift six or seven lengthy and heavy oak beams (that curently support the attic / grenier floor) which we're taking out... its not rocket-science - just a pretty simple job but... these beams are darned heavy so... if anyone feels strong and would like an extra pair of hands in return... please let us know.we're aiming to do this either last week june or, more probably, end of the first week of july.regards,neil - la chapelle faucher, brantome (24) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poolguy Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Hi Neil What are you doing with the beams?and What are you replacing them with? Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storeysinfrance Posted June 21, 2005 Author Share Posted June 21, 2005 hiyathe beams will be cut to size to act as the lintel and side supports... recycling them is the best way of explaining it! they won't be replaced since they're not load bearing / non-supporting and thus all one'll see when you look up from the floor the main a-frame beam(s)... regardsneil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poolguy Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 seems a shame to cut up larget timbers.Might be worth more to someone else as large timbers than the cost of buying new lintles, or even recovered ones.Long beams are worth a lot at the moment. Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storeysinfrance Posted June 27, 2005 Author Share Posted June 27, 2005 yes, am aware that large timbers are valuable but the sizes work for us in terms of lintels and the side panel-timbers... equally, am also aware of the cost of new oak (ie, green or thereabouts) having checked at our local saw-mill... we're lucky in that we'll be working with 200 + year old beams and so their green days are long gone... and, putting lintels in over that expanse, it isn't overly wise to use green wood which'll split, shift and genearlly vreat a bit of a rumpus... in any event, there will be minimal wastage and what ends up on the cutting room floor will be smartly removed to our log pile for the dark, cold days unlike the extreme warmth of right now!neil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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