Photo Diary: The Main 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 posted them on tea house , now here are the pictures on the main house. For the cost estimates, please see the previous post . Unlike the tea house, the renovation of the main house was very simple: mainly to renew the floors. Wooden floorboards rapidly deteriorate in the warm and humid climate, particularly when the house is vacant and the air inside is stagnant. First, let me explain the structure of Japanese traditional houses. Under floor boards, the foundation of buildings usually consists as shown in the picture below. They are basically wooden materials except stone bases. For reference, here are the pictures before the renovation. Before renovation REMOVING THE FLOORBOARDS The company tore off the floorboards, sleepers and floor joists, if they are rotten. Such...