Outbuildings: Week 35, Day 6

Outbuildings: Week 35, Day 6

Generally the build team don’t work at weekends – although the heating installer does sometimes. However, Saturday morning proved to be the best time to apply the remaining skim-coat of plaster on the partition wall that separates the Plant Room from the Workshop.

Plant Room partition wall with its plaster skim coat applied (both sides)

Normally the timber partition wall would have been installed before the plasterboard ceiling – and then everything would have been skimmed at the same time. However, I specifically asked for the ceiling to be plasterboarded and skimmed first, so that the partition could be removed or relocated later without needing (as much) remedial work That was part of the original specification and hence part of the baseline price.

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