Two steps forward, one step backwards

Take a look at this...


The timber joists are in place and a temporary floor has been installed for the blacksmiths and builders to work off. The builders were in to cut holes in the wall for the high level steelwork. At one end everything went fine. At the other...

There's a big hole. There's also what looks like a steel beam holding the wall above, but of course this being the Spread Eagle, it's actually wood.
The solution? Another vertical steel beam joining the end of the low level frame already installed. That'll be happening on Thursday. MEANWHILE...

A big hole has appeared outside the back kitchen door and that's where the new water main will be installed tomorrow. This will bypass the current plumbing nightmare of lead joining copper joining plastic joining iron and not a stop valve in sight.

Room 5 has been taken out of commission and a complete strip out will begin tomorrow. Here's how it looked this morning...