Cellar Woes

The basement of Glenlochan really doesn't rise to the level of being called a basement.  It's more like a root cellar.  This little cellar is accessible from the main entry way of the house, and also from the outside:

Although double staircases to our cellar might imply that it has the potential to be a really great space, it will never be a place to hang out.  It's loftiest aspiration will be merely to house the mechanical systems for Glenlochan.  It will require a new floor, but the existing one is very interesting, with a deep indentation right in the center for the current boiler, and a chute-like area to get coal to a long ago coal burning furnace.  Our goal was to get the cellar cleared out and cleaned up for all the work to come.  Like the attic and outbuilding before it, the cellar had plenty to contribute to our dumpster.  The next 2 pictures will provide a small window into the clearing that needed to be done.

It was a hot, sweaty, and dirty job that required wearing our face masks (and a good scrubbing afterward), but the result was well worth the effort:

Clean, but still just a cellar.