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Comment: The cellar store housed the loose hemp stalk insulation (chenevotte) to be used under the floors.
A nice little cast iron wood burning stove left at the dechetterie - I was very tempted to take it home, but it was broken and I was restrained by Margaret, who is trying to get me to throw away things I have collected over the last 40 years (in case they might be useful !)

Interior of living area / workshop.

Framing over the stair hole down to the sous sol. On the kitchen side will be a work top possibly with an oven unit.

On Tuesday 13 March the hemp insulation arrived from Castillon - the whole living area was filled with the cardboard boxes of semi rigid panels.

The spare bedroom on the mezzanine was also filled with hemp insulation panels.
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More boxes of hemp in the bureau. Wherever they were put. they were in the way and had to be moved again and again. Luckily thay are light.

Interior of mezzanine - temporary floors of loose larch exterior boarding (bardage) laid down wherever needed. Without the garage built yet storage of materials is a problem.

Attic spaces filled with hemp wool panels unpacked ready to be placed behind ceilings when the plasterer comes next week. To save money and hard labour we've decided to have plasterboard sloping ceilings done by a professional. Flat ceilings I am doing myself in poplar boarding.

I have made a temporary landing at the top of the stairs down to the sous sol using leftover and reject poplar floor boards, and plan to make a temporary stair soon to make movement between floors easier and safer.

The electrician started work the day after the insulation was delivered to keep just ahead of the plasterer. All the conduits and wiring that had to go behind the sloping ceilings had to be put in - also the conduits for plugs, lights and switches in the external monomur walls and sous-sol ceilings have to be fixed. He is going at an impressive rate and should finish the basics in a few days. We had to dash into Perigueux on Wednesday to choose fittings at Leroy Merlin and CGED.
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