1 -3 January 2014
Dave made a fabulous effort on New Year's Day and rustled up a posh breakfast served with a slice of our one-and-only home-grown lemon!
Then on Friday, Rowan appeared with the first window frame - we had decided to test-pilot the east window in the music room first, which was not a very clever idea (of mine!) as it is perhaps the most demanding one being situated right next to the external door.
A slight improvement in the weather had sent us out to the mortar mixer again, and most of the music room north wall was now coated. We spent Friday cutting and fitting wooden boards, shown below, into the rafters to make a strong connection between the plaster and the roof. The boards are orange because Rowan warned us about the many European Wood Boring Beetles that inhabit Greece - his family had found beams turned to dust in only 10 years. We went for super-strength termite spray followed up by the orange paint - which is actually red lead, used by the fishermen to prime their wooden boats - not nice stuff, but potentially more environmentally friendly than rebuilding the house every 10 years.
Dave made a fabulous effort on New Year's Day and rustled up a posh breakfast served with a slice of our one-and-only home-grown lemon!
Then on Friday, Rowan appeared with the first window frame - we had decided to test-pilot the east window in the music room first, which was not a very clever idea (of mine!) as it is perhaps the most demanding one being situated right next to the external door.
A slight improvement in the weather had sent us out to the mortar mixer again, and most of the music room north wall was now coated. We spent Friday cutting and fitting wooden boards, shown below, into the rafters to make a strong connection between the plaster and the roof. The boards are orange because Rowan warned us about the many European Wood Boring Beetles that inhabit Greece - his family had found beams turned to dust in only 10 years. We went for super-strength termite spray followed up by the orange paint - which is actually red lead, used by the fishermen to prime their wooden boats - not nice stuff, but potentially more environmentally friendly than rebuilding the house every 10 years.
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