Getting plastered

stairwell

More steps forward, the work of plastering and such like began on Wednesday (October 9). By the end of the week most of downstairs masonry/block walls were covered in the base coat and the plasterboard ceilings had been skimmed. Oddly the only area of blockwork not given its base coat is where the stairway rises.

This needs to get done so that the chap making the staircase can come along and measure in advance of scheduling its manufacture.

Upstairs just about all the walls have been "slabbed", just one to go but it is proving very fiddly. The unfinished section is part of the original structure and includes the part of the roof we broke into in order to resite the windows.

Below is a photo of the area at an earlier stage of the build/rebuild. It runs out that all the old walls lean in by about 50mm and so the plasterboard has to be set so as to correct this. This requires a lot of the adhesive/bonding material to pack the gap and is proving time-consuming.  They need to get finished so the plasterers can move upstairs.

wonky wall

We were told the plastering will take until October 25th, but at the rate they are working it might be sooner. If only the slabbers don't hold them up.

The roof still not finished and there is no excuse the builder can come up with - the last piece was delivered last Saturday and he has chosen not to progress the work.

Hopefully, the progress next week will be a bit more photogenic.