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