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Whilst sorting through all of our hogs back ridge tiles, Cat and Roger discover a tile with tiny kitten paw prints embedded in the clay!
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So sweet to think a little kitten walked through the clay, possibly 2-300 years ago, and has left its mark for posterity!
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Our old ridge tiles are a bit weathered so need sealing with a water repellant sealer to protect them from any water ingress.
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Sorry Cat, but here she is sealing the ridge tiles.
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The dust monster returns! Tom and George are repairing the stone wall at the front so are cutting quite a bit of stone today.
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The front wall next to the front door is the most damaged exterior wall, the stone has crumbled away due to a combination of the super hard concrete pointing and the damp being transferred to the walls from the ground (possibly from really leaky gutters at some point in the past).
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George is repointing.
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Tom is repairing.
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The roof is so nearly there!
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Mitch has started the wet plaster on the end gable wall in the attic. This wall is not a pretty one, so wet plaster is perfect as it will retain the undulations and shapes of the chimney while covering up the cracks and helibar repairs.
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Alan folding himself in half to access the very edges of the attic with plasterboard.
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The hole in the wall between the two buildings does catch the afternoon sun beautifully, but it will be patched up this week making it a little less leaky in the house. It does come through here when it rains.
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Cat carrying on with the bathroom shower tanking.
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Dan is creating a window seat for the bathroom with the beautiful oak board with the burrs.
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Planing the finished window seat, now we can really see the burrs!
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The wall to the left of the door has been repaired and repointed.
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It is looking like a different wall! This was in such a bad state…
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Tom repairing the wall to the right of the front door, the stone is crumbling away here as well…
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The shower walls and niches have been tanked and what a colour!
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Mitch finishing off the first coat of plaster and adding a texture so the next coat will bond.
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Alan fitting the very awkward plasterboard in the bottom of the eaves…
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Our new oak window seat is going to look beautiful. Just needs oiling and fitting in place.
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Tom is racing through his list of tasks, here he is digging out the old oak front door sill so Glynn can fit a new one at the weekend.
The oak window seat looks lovely. A snapshot of the nearly finished product. It’s a good job that you’ve kept a photographic record from the beginning as once everything is finished, you’ll forget how it all used to look Xx