Wednesday 12 September 2007

Plastering well on its way

Slow few weeks since last report.
Sept 3-7 - post all-ireland week nothing was happening.
The plasterers workmen arrived on site and started.
First coat on all walls included a mesh to hold it all together.
2nd coat is a primer to prepare for the render.
Final coat is the 2.0mm coloured render.

Sept 27th, 2 weeks late starting plastering and we are short 1 bucket of render to finish off the back of the house. so fingers crossed by Oct 6th we'll be removing the scaffolding.

Photo of front of house ->


colour is a bit stronger than i'd expected but i'm told its still drying off :o) fingers crossed it dries off nicely to a buttermilk colour to match the chimneys!

Internal works update.
Shower trays in, pipe work started. Window boards in, stud walls set into position. Electrician on the way soon.

Garage -> got the first coat of paint on that 2 weeks ago. haven't returned to it since. Painted window sill black to see what that would look like. will do house sills black now and the plinth around by the footpaths once they are finished off. (a long way off yet).
Garage door arrived today too. Black roller door. looks great.
Solar panel frames also arrived today and are being installed.

Next jobs.. stonemason to get house sections done, then window sills can be precast and poured, then its windows and front door done and the house is finally sealed up.
hope all this happens in next 2 weeks so by end of Oct, the inside slabbing will be well on its way!