Picking & Pointing
Picking & Pointing
With one internal wall done, we can start making in-roads on the rest. Donald lives far closer to the hall than me, so we arrange a bit of a system where he gets things started, gets the mix onto the walls as I travel up to the hall and once I get there, I should be able to start brushing off where he started and he can get off to his other jobs.
It’s a massive favour and I doubt you’d find many builders prepared to do this with their Saturday mornings but Donald is used to being busy and he wants us to be using the building almost as much as we do so I’m really pleased we can move things on like this.
As I get a wall picked out we can pencil in the pointing for the next weekend and before long, it starts to come together and I somehow manage to keep the inside fairly tidy. I’ve even had a bit of time to start picking out the seating area too and it’s easier to see the original archway now which has been covered with layers of patching mortar and paint over the years making it almost invisible. I have to admit, it would be been a very cool feature to have used if we had a garden but with the outdoor seating area providing a really useful space, I’m happy with how things are progressing.
