Photo Diary: Tea House Renovation
The renovation of the tea house and the main house was launched at the beginning of June and finished on August 21. The construction company called Rinwa Kensetsu gave me some batches of pictures as progress reports. I’m going to post them of how the tea house was restored. For the cost estimates, please see the previous post . SCAFFOLDINGS AND SUBSTRUCTION REINFORCEMENT The scaffoldings were run up at the end of June. As the tea house stands on the slope of a mountain, scaffolds are necessary for the repair of the roof and the foundation of the house. The wooden foundation had been half-rotten, and so inclined that we weren’t able to open doors smoothly (Doors can open smoothly only when the sash bars keep quadrangle). The company staff fixed the problem. EXTERNAL WALLS The residence zone consisting of two rooms, kitchen, toilet was added about 70 years ago, and my mom lived there about 50 years ago. However, it wasn’t quality work and warped/inclined much faster than the 120-year-o...