10-11 November 2015
We had this well-seasoned olive roundwood, that we needed cutting in half longways, so we went down to the boatyard where they have a bandsaw. The old man who is the father of the current owners was in charge of the cutting machine, and he made a long wavy cut for us - a lot different to the sharp, straight cut we'd been expecting. No problem, it will all disappear into the plaster. So we came back to the house, and got on with finishing the first coat on the south wall.
We had this well-seasoned olive roundwood, that we needed cutting in half longways, so we went down to the boatyard where they have a bandsaw. The old man who is the father of the current owners was in charge of the cutting machine, and he made a long wavy cut for us - a lot different to the sharp, straight cut we'd been expecting. No problem, it will all disappear into the plaster. So we came back to the house, and got on with finishing the first coat on the south wall.
Here is the (mock) lintel, ready to go. But while thinking about woodwork, we realised that with all the excitement of Fran's help, we'd forgotten to put in the essential wood uprights at each end of the area that will eventually be glassed in. Without wooden uprights, there will be no way to connect the glassed structure to the main house. So I took a claw hammer, and hacked off a strip of plaster back to the ladder frame edging the south wall at each end.
Plaster stripped back to the edge of the ladder frame, to fit wood that will stick out proud of the plaster to build the conservatory wall from.
And the lintel in place - just fitting under the glass bottles. Looks rather nice (if you like rustic)!
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