Lime Pointing Update
So I’ve managed to go an get myself a new hobby, which is really the last thing I need at the moment as I have more than enough to fill my days as it is. I must admit, I’ve been bitten by the pointing bug.
I’ve also had my first experience of lime in the eye (lime-eye?). It wasn’t pleasant, but could have been far worse - I’m sure contact lenses provide some degree of protection, so long as you don’t use then to trap the lime in contact with the surface of your eye! Plenty of water (bottled at great expense) did the trick.
My main satisfaction has been the small (about a square metre) patch of wall that I’ve completed - cut back the joints, cleaned up, pointed, left to go-off then finished with a wire brush. I reckon I can cover about a square metre an hour, I’m resolutely not working out how long the whole building will take me…
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Brambling on March 25th, 2007
With a big shed to convert into habitable accommodation, you'd think we'd have plenty to do without gardening.
Meet the architect on July 19th, 2006
I've always fancied the idea of engaging an architect (if I'm honest, inspired by Kevin Mc of TV fame), so I went to speak to one today.
Copper Nails! on August 11th, 2006
There are all sorts in interesting(?) facts that you learn when you begin to dabble in an area with which you've had little previous experience (such as converting a shed to a house is to me).
Lime Analysis on May 5th, 2007
Inspired to analyse the composition of my mortar, I improvised and placed a lump of mortar that I'd levered out of my wall in the strongest acid I could lay my hands on - white wine vinegar 8% acidity.
Building Progress ~ January 2008, week 1, 2 and 3 on January 23rd, 2008
Progress has really slowed as my builder is away on holiday and left his boys finishing off another job at the start of the month.
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