The basement

The basement is again on the agenda. After having some fun with visiting friends it was time to go on with this formerly hidden old part of the house. The last image you saw from the entrance was this:

Now it is this:

From the other side you can better see what I have done. 

The blocks of Siporex where already gone. The straight beam of concrete, made on top of a big clump of concrete, is gone. And I have drilled some kind of step in the clump. 

I suppose the concrete beam was for making it nicely even, as the big block is totally uneven. I used a week point to break the beam and once broken it was easy to take it away in its whole. More difficult was the block of concrete under it. It took me quite some time to make it more or less horizontal and drilling out the first step of a little stair I will make at the backside. With my bore hammer it was quite a big work.  

Clearing up the outside part I found out that the old staircase is still under the concrete. I hesitated but in the end I decided to not take away al the concrete as breaking it away is a hell of a job. And I'm not sure the staircase will be in good shape. And also nothing holds me later to take it away. 

Briks are partialy visible through the dark mud under the concrete clumb.

And take also al look to the nice floor inside when taken away some of the mud. 

In next episode I will make some base in concrete to build a wooden frame and a door on it.