News — Reconstruction

After the purchase of our building we were convinced that a building with such a long and diverse history must be hiding a priceless treasure somewhere in its bowels which we will once discover. So far unfortunately we discovered only a couple of surprises in the form of critically damaged parts of the building. The third issue in a row which required immediate action was leaky tin roof over building extension. Water entering through holes in the roof considerably damaged the ceiling of the room located directly below this roof. To avoid further damage we decided to replace the old...

Since we decided to fill up the part of the cellar that was in disrepair, we had to fill the door leading to that part of the cellar with concrete filling. We started with the bottom part of the door. We will not fill the window next to the door. It will later become part of the riser. In the second part of the cellar, which is usable, we plan to establish a technical room. Pipes from the technical room will pass through this riser up to the production rooms.

Another problem we discovered during inspection of the cellar was related to the base of the pillar carrying the lintel and part of the ceiling above the largest room. Similar to the cellar's vault-ceiling this base was weakened by long-term exposure to a humid environment. We therefore reinforced the base of the pillar with a concrete casing which now firmly holds it. The concrete casing will be supported by construction debris the whole cellar will be filled up with later on. This will provide the pillar with a sufficiently strong and stable base.

Our great building had no functional connection to any network, and we had to begin to address this unfortunate situation. As a first in a row we decided to take care about the electrical connection. With regard to all planned electrical equipment and further potential expansion of the shop, we asked for a 125A connection. At the same time, another entrepreneur from the municipality asked to increase the capacity of his electrical connection independently from us. In order to be able to cover required capacity, the company managing the distribution network then scheduled replacement of the transformer servicing the entire...

After detailed inspection of the cellar situated under one of the rooms we found out that its vault-ceiling built of brick is largely damaged due to moisture. Bricks in some places disintegrated when touched just with bare hands. The room above this cellar is the largest of all the rooms in our building and we plan to place a brewhouse exactly into this room. Brewhouse equipment has considerable weight which significantly increases when filled with water during the brewing process. A question arose whether the cellar ceiling can withstand that weight and will not fall down. After careful consideration we...