May 21
After yesterday's successful wine trip, back to work. I was organising the delivery of the last of the plasterboard needed to finish the house. In view of the issues last time, I decided to do ....
Category: Lounge
April 17
Lee and Jacque arrive to start the plasterboard jointing. They assure us we will not see the joints after they have finished. They are incredibly quick and accurate with their work and the first coat ....
Final Floor Beams 2
The concrete base has gone into the garden store. And the new replacement beam has been installed over the existing one that gave me concerns at one end. Also te high level beam is in ....
Final Floor Beams 1
Florent's team returned to site today and immediately set about installing the missing floor beams that were recently delivered for both the first floor and attic . By the end of the day the attic ....
Jointing 11 (The End!)
Finally the jointing is finished. Scaffold down at the front to reveal its new face and the internal wall also cleared (although still a bit damp as it is inside). The top of the attic ....
Jointing 10
Front wall finished today (still to be brushed off) and a start made on the internal wall. Almost there.
Sand Blasting
If you have never seen it, this is sand blasting in progress. Jonathan has cleaned the wall (that will be exposed in the Lounge) and is here cleaning up the joists that will remain visible ....
First Floor Joists 3
With the floor in, the windows can be started at the back of the house. To get the scaffolding up outside the eventually pathway needed to be part laid. By the end of the day ....
External Concreting Preparation
The wall rendering is finished. The concrete support is re-shuttered to be raised to the new height. The hole to receive the far end of the new beam has been raised and moved to get ....
Internal Walls Rendered
With the concrete removed from the walls the team got on with applying a cost of lime based mortar. Not quite finished but it make a huge impact on the inside to have the walls ....