So last weekend was meant to be the weekend that we striped the plaster off the chiminey stack and exposed the brick work (very NY loft)...... sadly it didn't really turn out as planned.
This was the chimney we planed to strip down to the brick. We felt it would be a nice contrast to all the white.
Had a couple of friends come over the night before to help me move the wood burner.....very heavy indeed, so I owe the guys a drink.
We spent a little time to cover the area in plastic as plaster dust gets everywhere.
Dexter would have been so proud.
Fee was all ready so make a mess is her snazzy new outfit....I was worried
that this might be the last thing I ever see.
Kill room + wife with a claw hammer = Argggggggggg!
So we were all set and we began by taking away a section that was behind the wood burner. Lucky that we did because it turns out that the brick work under the plaster was covered in a very THICK layer of concrete.....bugger!
We did a another patch just to make sure but we found the same layer of super hard concrete. Sadly we had to concede that we could not expose the brick work unless we had some sort of Jack Hammer. So I patch up the hole we had made (thank god we did cover the place in plastic, just that little part created a lot of mess) and painted the wall to freshen it up. We are now doing to plan 'B'.....i'll keep you posted.
Just so the weekend was not wasted we got to work on some other household bits that needed to be done. We added some extra insulation tape to windows to help keep the heat in the the electricity bill down.
Just look at how Eco friendly those windows, come get now Mr Wind!
There use to be a radiator and a hole in the wall here...not anymore.
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