FRENCH HOUSE: REMOVING THE CONCRETE WALL CLADDING
MICHEL IS REMOVING THE AWFUL CLADDING FROM THE LOVELY STONEWORK ON THE REAR WALL
I REALLY DON`T UNDERSTAND WHY MANY BEAUTIFUL STONE HOUSES IN THE CHARENTE HAVE HAD THIS CLADDING ADDED WHICH COVERS THE BEAUTY OF THE MELLOW NATURAL LIMESTONE!
I DECIDED TO TRY AND REMOVE A TRIAL AREA TO EXPOSE THE WALL, THE WALL WAS HAPPILY LIMESTONE SO GOT MICHEL TO GET CRACKING AND REMOVE THE CLADDING FROM THE REST OF THE REAR WALL. THIS WALL WAS THE FOCAL POINT OF THE HOUSE ADJOINING THE BEAUTIFUL GARDEN WITH ALL THOSE FRUIT TREES. THE TERRACE, ONCE FINISHED, WOULD HAVE LOVELY VIEWS OVER THE GARDEN, THE OLD TOWN AND THE 12TH CENTURY CHURCH.
I DECIDED TO TRY AND REMOVE A TRIAL AREA TO EXPOSE THE WALL, THE WALL WAS HAPPILY LIMESTONE SO GOT MICHEL TO GET CRACKING AND REMOVE THE CLADDING FROM THE REST OF THE REAR WALL. THIS WALL WAS THE FOCAL POINT OF THE HOUSE ADJOINING THE BEAUTIFUL GARDEN WITH ALL THOSE FRUIT TREES. THE TERRACE, ONCE FINISHED, WOULD HAVE LOVELY VIEWS OVER THE GARDEN, THE OLD TOWN AND THE 12TH CENTURY CHURCH.
IT WAS PART OF THE PLAN TO USE THE PARTLY BUILT ABRI STRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THE WOOD SCAFFOLDING
HERE THE CLADDING HAS BEEN REMOVED AND THE POINTING IS IN PROGRESS. IN THE CHARENTE THERE IS AN OFFICIAL COLOURED MORTAR THAT HAS TO BE USED. IT BRILLIANTLY HIGHLIGHTS THE COLOUR OF THE STONE.
IN PROGRESS
IN PROGRESS