Mon-Tue 30-31 March 2015
Now the plaster is on, we have to put four coats of limewash to weatherproof it. Same routine - moving the scaffolding tower around for each section. The window frames need two base coats of paint too. Dave has found that if we use an acrylic outdoor paint as undercoat which is painted over onto the plaster it forms a good bond with the plaster that doesn't crack and then the limewash goes over the top of that.
The stone is for the SE corner, shown in the photo above and in close up below. As the wall was built for cob walls, there is a nice curve at the corner, but straw bales aren't so keen on curves and benefit from being tied to the wood frame. So we have decided to fill in the bow-shaped space between the curved wall and the wood frame, and level off the wall - which was left rough for cob to grip it - so that bales can go flush against the frame. More stone walling for me! Hoping we might get bales up this spring ...
Now the plaster is on, we have to put four coats of limewash to weatherproof it. Same routine - moving the scaffolding tower around for each section. The window frames need two base coats of paint too. Dave has found that if we use an acrylic outdoor paint as undercoat which is painted over onto the plaster it forms a good bond with the plaster that doesn't crack and then the limewash goes over the top of that.
First coat of limewash - startlingly white in the sun in the morning - we will add pigment to the last two coats for a pinky off-white finish
This is my birthday tree - a present from Amanda, a flowering cherry, already in blossom
One of Dave's birthday trees (he was given 3!), an Elder from Lin, Pete and everyone at Neohori
Dave's tree from Amanda - a peach, also in the ground. Hopefully we'll have quite an orchard one day.
Tuesday morning we had to go to Lefkas, as the car was showing signs of distress after the trip to Igoumenitsa - which fortunately had cleared up before we got to the garage. While at Lefkas we saw Konstantine and organised a delivery of stone for Wednesday, as well as picking up the light fittings for the music room and the bathroom - not long now before we can have lights working from a light switch!
The stone is for the SE corner, shown in the photo above and in close up below. As the wall was built for cob walls, there is a nice curve at the corner, but straw bales aren't so keen on curves and benefit from being tied to the wood frame. So we have decided to fill in the bow-shaped space between the curved wall and the wood frame, and level off the wall - which was left rough for cob to grip it - so that bales can go flush against the frame. More stone walling for me! Hoping we might get bales up this spring ...
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