22 Floors

Floors

Floor joists run in-between the walls and were laid on top the foundation beams, separated from the concrete by a Jarrah foundation plate.
The span of the floor joists was reduced by two bearers per room.
There was quite a diversity in dimensions and origin to the bearers and the floor joists, even per room, making iIt obvious that the Muschamps had used reused timbers here.

Ventilation of the subfloor had not been adequate and over the years moisture had softened Hearth Rimu joists and even some of the hardwood Jarrah had fallen prone to rot and borer attack.
Approx. 50% of the Hearth Rimu joists and bearers survived and luckily I was able to also retrieve most of the Jarrah foundation plates.
I documented the floor structure and foundation details but there was no point in numbering the retrieved timbers.

Traditionally floorboards are made out of the softer Sap Rimu which doesn't stand a chance against borer.
Also at House Muschamp the floor boards basically were all eaten up in the past 100 years.

Left over timbers from the deconstruction, including all floorboards and unusable floor joists, were offered for free firewood.
We were getting close to winter and within a few days all firewood was collected from site.