7 November 2011

Missed Sunday again!! Sorry.

Last week was a short one. On Monday I had to go to Hamilton, no work done. Friday I had a runny tummy, no work done. 

We did however achieve some during the week. We removed the fire surround on the Northern wall, next to where we have been working, and covered the air gaps and put insulation there as well. We discovered some very interesting history. The fireplace is back to back, but it seems that, originally, we had an external fireplace there. A kitchen has been added at a later stage and the fireplace was extended. We even discovered weatherboard with original lime paint. The picture was taken with the camera held in the cavity. We started relining as before, using recycled boards.

Today, Monday was chosen to mow the grass on the sidewalk (it is not a lawn) After the grass was cut, I proceeded to clear the ivy growing on our Rimu tree by the entrance. Hopefully the ivy in the tree will die now. We will still have to kill the roots.

The house in the background still looks terrible, but at least we know that we are making progress. Once the inside lining is completed where we are working now, we plan to remove the verandah roof on the outside and repair the weatherboards on the outside. Only after that we will start working on the verandah on the main entrance side. That is, provided we do not decide to do something completely different.