Antonio and his team were back with plenty more acid thankfully, to continue cleaning the flagstone floor.
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This machine scours the stones with a huge wire brush removing the concrete. It’s a slow process and uses a great deal of acid as the concrete is bloody stubborn.
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Antonio and his team scrape a flagstone at a time once the acid has softened the residue.
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The acid doing its job. It doesn’t damage the stone though as it just acts on the concrete.
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3 floor cleaners and what looks like R2-D2 in the sitting room, and Tom in the background pointing the study wall. Lots of cups of tea and chocolate biscuits were served today!
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Delivery day from Shipston Building Supplies, more lime plaster and sand and some timber for the roof.
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The flagstones are totally transformed. We cannot believe it is the same floor that we uncovered nearly 3 years ago. The colours are gorgeous, some flagstones are Hornton blue and Hornton orange, with seams of orange running through. We love them.
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The study wall that Tom pointed, he returned at a ridiculous time on Saturday morning to knock back the mortar and was done by 8am! This is the finished wall. Wow.
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This is the blocked up door in the study through to our neighbours.
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As we have no glass in the window, this was our makeshift cover to protect the window from any further rain, but it has made it bloody dark inside!