When we first saw the house the driveway wall was fine but the fortnight before we exchanged contracts we had snow in anbundance and once that cleared it seemed to have blown the rendering from the wall. So, Luke has diligently chiselled it off, I've pressure washed it and then Luke has rendered it again. Heavy rain today (our last day off) has meant that he can't put the finishing coat of render on but here are a few pictures of his progress.
Meanwhile I've been bashing out the old fireplace so we can have a wood burner in it's place. Some work still to do on this though. I've been given the task of clearing out the black mortar between teh bricks which Luke will repoint. The picture of my hand below is after I'd hit it five times with a hammer after missing the chisel! Since then I have hit it twice more and now have a lump there, the spoils of war!
