Outbuildings: Week 32, Day 3

Outbuildings: Week 32, Day 3

The Utility Room and Shower Room ceilings received their plaster skim-coat, which was completed more quickly than the Workshop yesterday, with it being only about 1/4 the area.

Completed plaster skim-coat in the Utility Room

Opening all the windows slightly helped to dry the plaster despite the cool temperature, high humidity and lack of wind outdoors.

Workshop ceiling plaster skim-coat drying nicely after 24 hours

A few more bits of underground drainage pipework outside then starting to clear the site of the rainwater attenuation pond and its outfall to the field drainage ditch. A couple more lorry-loads of muck-away, which cleared all the previously-excavated spoil. Digging out the pond will generate a bit more spoil, but the edges of the pond will need building up – and will need to be level.

The start of work on the rainwater attenuation pond, which will sit between the Willow tree and the hedge

Outbuildings: Week 32, Day 1

Outbuildings: Week 32, Day 1

More work on the rainwater drainage, picking up the previously-installed drainage pipework to the East and North of the buildings (which doesn’t drain to the rainwater tank) with new pipework from an inspection chamber near the house and through a further chamber, towards the location of the attenuation pond.

The Rainwater drainage has now been taken as far as the (temporary) vertical board, via the inspection chamber in the middle of the photo

Also some preparation for the plaster skim to be applied to the plasterboard ceiling (hopefully tomorrow) with the delivery of a few bags of skimming plaster and some scrim tape.