Our household has doubled with the arrival of The Magnificent M's middle daughter and husband to be, Rach and Josh. They are here for a year to see if they like the life out here and also if they want to take over the company in the next few years. Retirement beckons, well, it does for M, and I will absolutely be throwing myself on her mercy. Although I will carry on doing some work.
We wanted to get the top floor of the house ready for when they arrived but there is still the plaster boarding of the ceiling to do. So they have got stuck in. Pretty literally. Josh is "enthusiastic", and dyspraxic, which isn't necessarily the best mix when trying to do a ceiling with angled rafters. The ceiling now has plaster board, plaster, board joint tape and a coat of paint. Between those four materials most of the gaps, gouges and broken edges have been repaired Now all we need to do is to put some coving or other trim round the wall.ceiling joint to get rid of those gaps and we they will have created the worlds first jigsaw ceiling.
It may be a little time before we let them loose on a client's house.
4 comments:
I had to look up Dyspraxia, so thanks for that!
A new ceiling sounds great, but hasn't it taken away some of that French Olde Worlde charme?
It depends if by "French Olde Worlde charme" you mean the thin layer of tiles ensures you freeze in winter and roast in the summer. 6mm of terracotta does not insulate.
Who needs ceilings anyway? I love the enthusiasm that a Dyspraxic renovation could bring. More power to his elbow!
I am with Brennig on this one!
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