Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Stairwell
Whilst
Caroline has been tiling next door I've been filling, rubbing down,
painting and varnishing the stairwell in the other gite. There is
another coat of paint to do upstairs and finish off vanishing the
stonework downstairs.
Before painting the plasterboard, and after filling all the joints and screw holes, I bought some sous-couche plaque de platre from my favourite DIY store. It was only 5 euros (3 pounds) for 10 litres. It worked really well as an undercoat on the board and stopped all my expensive paint being soaked up like a sponge.
The
stonework is being varnished with a thinned down 'breathable' varnish
to highlight the stones and help prevent the dust from the pointing.
These are the stones that I sandblasted ages ago and Caroline pointed up with a sand and lime mortar. You can see the difference in the section left to do.
Once this stairwell is finished I've got to move over to the other gite and do it all again!
brittany gite
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Stairwell
