Small project

 

A small project that I completed was the restoration of a small stool that had been lingering in mum's shed for many years, first the old Seagrass seat was removed and then all the black paint was cleaned back to reveal the origional wood, this was waxed and polished before a new seat was woven in Seagrass ,and all for under £20 ,not bad.

Summer Jobs.

First new post for some time, Have been hard at work on various projects over the last few months.
After building the boat I had some work on the house to catch up with, I started off with a paint job on the front of the house, it had never been painted before, hard work painting rough render it took a few weeks to finish including the windows and door. The next project was the kitchen extension which over the years had seen the render patched up and Finlay painted white,not by me, what a mess.
The render took about four weeks to remove with club hammer and bolster, I tried a Kango but the under lying stone is sandstone and was to easily damaged with power tools. After removal of the render all holes were filled with cement and then a red sand mortar mix was used for pointing, Finlay a porch was added and windows and door painted, new gutter & down pipes will be added next year when I finish the the top half of the house.The last job of the year was to shorten the height of the tree at the end of the garden which has grown to tall and was excluding sunlight from the garden.

Removal of the render revealed a nice sandstone wall

 

 

Concrete window sill and lintel were rendered with a mortar mix with added pigment.

 

 

 

The end result ,just needs new guttering and a carriage lamp on the wall.

 

 

All you need is a good sabre saw , plenty of warm clothing and a head for heights.