At our project at La Guerche we inherited work that already been started by the previous proprietor - we have undone most of it including his attempt to clad the ceiling in pine, One of the other jobs he started was to put a supporting post under the large central beam (above) as it has an impressive bow on it. In my view it was its original shape and hasn't moved in hundreds of years but as he had gone to a lot of trouble and the post was there I decided to install it.
His idea was to build a concrete post in the cave,which he did and then fit a wooden post on the ground floor,again which he did (below) before adding a second post on top of that to the underside of the beam.
When I opened up a hole in the floor under the beam where it was to rest on the post below I discovered that he had actually miscalculated and missed the beam by about 12 inches! This was perhaps due to different thicknesses of walls in the cave and the first floor. In any event I had to come up with a solution, This came in the form of a metal fabricated cantilevered bracket which a friend of mine (thanks again Dennis) had made up from a wooden template I had made.
I fitted this on the existing post which then created a platform for the new post...
and voila now it looks like it has always been there!
This will be in the (eventual) kitchen of the house .
another good job Jim and Pauline...
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