Tricky Corners

14 - 17 October 2016

Back to the lath-and-plastering.  Almost every section has its challenges, from glass bottles and plastic pipes to olive wood corners, but the biggest challenges of all - and the bits I've laid awake nights trying to think how they can be done - are in the diagonal corner where the south wall steps back to meet the interior wall of the entry.  These are 135 degree joins, complicated by the roof slope where they meet the ceiling.  One section at a time, these challenges were met and resolved ....

 Vertical panel left of the window, laths had to run up and down, rather than across. Plaster has to slope onto the main upright, rather than butt up to it.

 Opposite side, the join was too acute, and went too far behind the main upright, so a piece of skirting board was fitted vertically to neaten the join

 The curved corner around the bathroom wall - so much nicer, if rather more trouble, to make this a gentle curve.  The skirting board was a real challenge, but vigorous sanding and filling should make my dodgy wood-butchery largely unnoticeable.

 Walls plastered as far round as the bathroom door - hurrah!

 The big picture, to date

 The finished effect gives no idea at all what a struggle it was to fit batons and then laths to the top, sloping section.  Those acute angles where the sloping rafters meet the diagonal wall are impossible to get a drill into, so lots of creative fixings were required.

Moving on to the highest point - the outer side of the bedroom wall.  Insulation going in first ...

 ... then laths, with me on the scaffolding and Dave on the mezzanine to drill each end.