A few problems

Before building the actual darkoom a few problems have to be resolved.

1) The old concrete floor has a height difference of 70 cm from front to back ! Maybe that was convenient to extract manure from this former pig stable. But it isn't for a darkroom. The whole concrete floor has to be replaced. At the same time I can lower it to get a bit more than the actual 2.10 m ceiling height.

2) The ceiling beams show the presence of deathwatch beetle. Longhorned house beetle is present in some roofbeams of the upper floor. Nothing to be really worried about, but the wood has to be treated with a long lasting insecticide.

3) There are no windows or doors. Just holes. Lighttight but ventilating windows have to be installed. And the big entrance has to be closed by more than the existing barndoors.

4) There isn't any electricity, water or sewage. All this has to be installed. The same goes for a toilet.

5) Some heat and phonic isolation between the darkroom and the upper floor would be nice.