The wall we want to remove has turned out to be much stronger than we had expected, and it took us the best part of two days to get it down. Or at least, get the body of it down; we aren't going to be able to remove it entirely.

It has turned out that this wall is not 'load-bearing' in the sense of holding up a structure, but it is holding up all the suspended ceilings in the central area of the building. And there are two of these, one visible, and one more hidden above it. It's far beyond our time/money budget to strip the entire area - roof and stepped floor - back to the bare concrete, so we've decided to leave a few of those posts in place, and work within the space that is left.

We have figured out a much better plan for the space that what we previously posted here, and will update as we move along. For now, here are a few snaps of the scene of the crime, over the past two days ...

We're not only replacing the toilet unit itself, we're also widening the room, which will come forward another half-meter or so ...

This is the Print Party room - the walls sustained water damage many years ago, before the upstairs roof was repaired, so all the 'rotted' stuff has to come off. This place used to be quite a high-class restaurant, and the previous reform was done quite well. We're going to leave that arched roof in place, but will of course be getting rid of the pendant lighting ...