Six holes

We decided that we both needed to work on the cellar today, as Brian needed me to help put the wooden beams up. We’d bought all the materials we needed, mainly some cement to securely fix them into the ground, and some rather long screws to attach them under the beam going across the top.

We were both keen to get started, so a quick brekkie then I was being briefed by Brian on what he’d prepared and what the plan of action was. He had already marked out where he wanted each beam to go, selected the order of the beams, and marked the overhead beam, so it meant we could get on with digging the holes straight away.

It was a bit hard going at first, as the ground is very hard and full of old rocks. However, we really didn’t need big holes, and we soon had a rhythm. Brian broke up the surface with the pick axe, then I came along and dug out the hole to the size we needed. We soon had all six holes prepared.

We then needed to cut each of the oak beams to the right length. The big thing, which you don’t notice as your doing it, but all the picking up of the beams, and moving them around, does start to take its toll. Sharing the weight, and working together though, we pushed ahead and got the beams cut.

The next thing was to position them in the holes and screw the tops into place, so they didn’t move, and then cement them in.

Et voila, we now just need to wait for the cement to go off.