Saturday 11 April 2015
This was Easter weekend in Greece, but we wanted to press on. Having levelled the ladder frame, Dave made a mix and we set it in lime mortar. Job done, wait another few days for it to set. Meanwhile, we had more than half a barrow of mix to use up. So I decided it was time to lay the paving at the front step.
This was Easter weekend in Greece, but we wanted to press on. Having levelled the ladder frame, Dave made a mix and we set it in lime mortar. Job done, wait another few days for it to set. Meanwhile, we had more than half a barrow of mix to use up. So I decided it was time to lay the paving at the front step.
Ladder frame in place
Half the day was spent laying the jigsaw of paving pieces, before they could be set in mortar
After finishing the front step, there was still a little mortar left, just enough to finish off these two little cairns behind the bathroom, to protect the waste pipes where they protrude from the gravel. Eventually we will bring up the level with clean gravel, but before then we will be building round here, and we don't want cracks in those pipes.
Here is the mortared-in front step, spanned by the boardwalk. When it sets, it will need to be grouted, then will finally be finished.
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