Truthfully, this update is spanning a couple of days. It's been a busy week.
So, as much of the walls were completely shot. I took most of the plasterwork back to brick and dry-lined the masonry using a technique called dot and dab which basically involves splattering some drywall adhesive to the bricks and pushing the board into place. However, in other places the plaster was fighting back. A brick bolster and lots of smashing could not persuade it to leave the wall. In those places, I will need to make the plaster good again. Personally, would have preferred that it all just fell off,
Tom mounted the new vertical (designer?) rad in the kitchen. Even after moving everything around with the new kitchen, the only spot where the rad could realistically go was next to the boiler. And even then, it wasn't a very wide spot, so we went up. Overally, I think it looks pretty good and should keep the room warm. But with the new floors, new double glased windows and added insulation, maybe an overkill. It has a thermostatic valve so we can knock it down if need be.
I boarded up one of the windows as we're going to be putting a cabinet in that place. This will be plastered over and will not be noticeable from the inside. Not sure yet what we're going to be doing on the outside. Subject of another post I'm sure
 |
Before
|
 |
| During (check out the nifty new stainless steel 3 way dimmer |
 |
Perfectly level .... of course
|
 |
| After .. no more brick |
 |
| Around where the range is going |
 |
| Check out that sexy rad on the newly plastered wall |
 |
| Making the wall look better. |
 |
 |
| Window boarded up |
 |
| New windows and new plaster around them to make good |
No comments:
Post a Comment