A bit crap but not too bad

Hello all.

It's been a little while but as always we have been busy. Hannah has finished her degree and job hunting whilst gigging with her quartet and doing various other events. She met herself coming back the other day.

I have been cracking on with the house. We have now finished the render and the curtains are down, and in summary... it's a bit crap, but not too bad. So it'll do.

I spent a week putting 3 coats of lime wash on each side of the house to get a good coat. This is similar to painting your house in milk. But as it reacts with the air it carbonates and dries white. 3 coats gave a solid covering.

mmm milky

Prior to white washing i got to play with power tools again. As the lime absorbs moisutre, it is common practice to put a seal along the bottom of external render to damp isn't sucked right up the walls. Traditionally this is a cut in the render... so that is what I did. I don't suppose our ancestors would have used an angle grinder, but i did... and enjoyed it. I then filled the gap with burnt sand mastic to seal it and stop water eroding the render.




Cool. Not a lot to talk about regarding lime washing. It stings when it splashes in your eyes and that's about it. It washes out of shorts but not university of Huddersfield t-shirts. There is still cleaning up to be done - washing windows, floors, drainpipes and guttering, but hopefully a chunk of this will be done on Saturday. Here are some pics. Not a bad effort and a significant money saver.