Plaster, render, windows (have you read that before?)

We had a few days away in S Wales this week, and it was dusk when we got back yesterday. Of course, we couldn't resist coming back via the house, even though the only 'torch' we had was an iphone one. We were rewarded by the remnants of extraordinary natural light: the last rays of the sun as it set in the west were bouncing off clouds over the Vale, and a large moon had risen to the east of the Clwydian range and was throwing an eerie light towards us.

As we stopped we could see that some rendering to the outside of the house had been completed, but it wasn't until we went back this morning that we could work out exactly what had been done. The garage, the south side of the house, and part of the front have had their base coat of render, with just one section of the south wall having its top coat, too. You can see the finished (off-white) colour below:


and through one of the windows in the bay in bedroom 3 (the dark spot is on the window glass, not the wall).


We are not sure how the plasterers will now divide their time between the interior and exterior work. We are being lucky with the weather at the moment (dry and not too cold at night) so they may prioritise the outside surfaces. There's been a big delivery of render, so perhaps we are on the way to saying goodbye to the grey blocks for ever.  While we were away we had a message from Pat to say that the missing window frames had turned up and had been fitted. We are just missing the three large panes of glass (our bedroom and the dining room) in that regard now.

plenty more bags of render under the tarpaulin to the left

we plan to have the garage doors clad to match the parts of the walls which will be clad rather than rendered

sharp winter sunlight today

we're not asking H&S questions about how the plasterers reached the top of the gable

blocks, basecoat, window and stone

the sitting room has had a bit of a tidy ready for plastering

the stairway is already a geometrician's delight .....

..... and a plasterer's nightmare

when the landing has glass panels and the walls are painted, we hope that this will be a light-well

the lines of the landing are rather more orthodox

a little more boarding is needed to separate the kitchen from the shower room - to the left is the utility room and in the centre the space for a pull-out larder cupboard

the covered walkway has its base coat

tricky light, but the base coat extends all the way along the south wall

the east wall has its beading in place

even without the large panes of glass, bedroom 1's remaining three windows are lighting it nicely

can't bear to look - Elizabeth's study/bedroom 4 has all its plaster

looking east from Elizabeth's study - more render basecoat and the last part of the job for the slaters



Comments

  1. Emma19 December 2021 at 22:44

    It looks amazing. I really really want to see it in person. Glad the light played ball both last night and this morning for photos xx

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    1. Ian Thorpe20 December 2021 at 08:09

      As you know, all building work looks amazing! Come soon!

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