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Post by mysty on Mar 10, 2023 18:21:29 GMT 1
It's always hit or miss but this farmhouse had nice stonework.   |
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Post by mysty on Mar 10, 2023 18:22:58 GMT 1
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Post by pcpa on Mar 10, 2023 20:30:31 GMT 1
What sort of an area do you have to do?
Or are you just doing a little bit to show buyers what it will look like with their time & effort?
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Post by mysty on Mar 10, 2023 21:07:12 GMT 1
What sort of an area do you have to do? Or are you just doing a little bit to show buyers what it will look like with their time & effort? Second one, just showing what's under the render and cement. The front of the house is a mess you have peeble like render lime render and cement. |
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Post by lurcher on Mar 10, 2023 22:07:28 GMT 1
Thanks for the pics. We have patch work like that and you have given me yet another job to go on the list. I like the idea of demonstrating how it could look overall simply by tackling a few square metres.
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Post by mysty on Mar 11, 2023 7:33:12 GMT 1
Thanks for the pics. We have patch work like that and you have given me yet another job to go on the list. I like the idea of demonstrating how it could look overall simply by tackling a few square metres. I know everyone knows this but if you put a cover on the ground as you clear out the old render you can re use it as it's just line and sand. Gather it back up the harder lumps use a bit of wood in a plastic bucket to break down again to powder add some water to get a porrage type mix and use a trowel to re point the wall. It will dry the same colour it was when it was done originally and just costs you your time. And wear gloves as lime is not skin friendly but you knew all that anyway. |
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Post by lurcher on Mar 11, 2023 9:12:18 GMT 1
That is worth knowing as my first task would be to try to colour match the new pointing to the existing surfaces. There are however some patches where a cement based mix has been thrown on and it looks awful.
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Post by pcpa on Mar 11, 2023 12:37:38 GMT 1
I did a bricklaying course at the local college just before coming to France, it turned out to be a good investment, we used a lime mortar because all our work including the exhibition pieces which may have hardened over several months was taken apart and the bricks reused, the mortar was put through a machine to break it up and it came out ready to lay bricks again, it was the same mortar (plus some top ups to replace losses) they had been using for years.
Despite that I would not have made the connection about re-using the removed mortar, thanks for the tip!
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Post by pcpa on Mar 11, 2023 12:38:51 GMT 1
No gloves were worn back then, Elf & Safety had not at that time infiltrated Adult Education.
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