Removing old plaster from the shed walls isn’t really something I enjoy. However, it’s damp, so it needs to come off before render goes on. It seems that the walls had been painted blue, I’d guess that was in the 60s, when the shed was used as a taxi office. There’re also traces of an earlier green (20/30s?).
It was a shame to render over stone, but I really couldn’t be bothered to rebuild another two walls, with a damp-proof membrane.
But now I only have one wall left to render.
The shed now has a step.
But no door.
I didn’t want to screw numbers to a new door, so I came up with an alternative.
It’ll need tidying up when I’ve time, but it’ll do the job for now.
After hacking plaster off and digging out the debris inside the shed, much of this afternoon was spent rendering.
While there’s a lot more to do, I’m happy with the result.
I’d set myself a target of the end of summer to finish the shed, so it’s going to be touch and go.
After a festival, particularly as I’ve gotten older, I try to build-in a recovery day. That’s today.
So I’ve spent a large part of today working on the shed, finally finishing rebuilding the second wall.
Somehow, I’ve quite bit of stone left over.
Sundays are now officially shed days. Well, in our house.
I’d hoped to finish the wall, but it’s just too hot. Saying that, there’s not a lot more to do before I can start rendering.
… in the shed. But it finally feels I’m getting somewhere.
Today, after we did some shopping, I worked in the shed.
I’ve finally started rebuilding the second inner wall. I know, it doesn’t look as though I’ve done a lot.
But I’ve also ran a cable from the house into the shed.
Again, things don’t look very different, but much progress has been made.
Busy the next couple of weekends, so no further change will happen for a little bit.
After my longed for day off tomorrow was reduced to a half day, before being completely overtaken by the stuff I get paid to do, I took the opportunity to take this afternoon off.
After four hours working on the shed, though, I swear it doesn’t look any different.
However, at least I’ve now reduced the risk of imminent collapse.