N, as builders's labourer, was tasked with locating the roof joists by punching holes in the ceiling with a hammer. So, there were a lot of holes, but the ceiling is now boarded over and the horrible artex-finish is gone for good.
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| A ceiling of two halves; boarded on the left, horrible artex (and some of the many holes!) on the right. |
However, when it came to putting the battening up on the walls, prior to boarding, a few technical hitches were encountered and when I put my head round the garage door with yet another cup of tea for the workers, I was confronted by this:
Chunks of plaster and dust everywhere. I will admit my heart sank just ever so slightly. There was a bit of a problem involving the steel lintel over the window and the only way to resolve said problem was to remove all the old plaster. In addition, some of the battens are now too big and the boarding needs changing for a thinner version. The workforce was very dusty, weary and just a tad fed up so they wisely called it a day and will start afresh tomorrow. I have been promised there will be no more dust and destruction, at least not on the same scale.
Whilst all this was going on, I cut the front and back lawns (really it's far more weed than grass, so 'lawn' is a very generous term), having spent several minutes trying to get the petrol mower to start - I think I finally have the knack of pulling the starter cord. I prepared the paths around the raised beds ready for gravelling, and have started tidying up the one and only 'border' that is currently in existence in the garden. Following on from my set-to with the phormium yesterday, one or two more plants have met the same fate and I don't think I have finished quite yet. Gardening at the moment is a bit piecemeal; there's so much that needs to be done and so much that we want to do, but a lot of the jobs are quite big and I think are probably best tackled a bit at a time. We'll get there, just slowly.
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