Day one - Chipping away

This morning we were both keen to get started with our next project, we had thought about leaving it until the new year, but it was a cold damp day outside so we were not feeling the need to go for a walk. So we set about setting up the room, covering the floor with some dust sheets and bringing in the tools we would need. We were going to start on the Jeroboam room, so called as it’s two rooms adjoined, a double and a twin, with an en-suite shower room. The connection here is a jeroboam holds 4 bottles of champagne, and our room is for 4 people.

There were some clear areas that needed addressing, so this is where I started. I chipped away the old filler around the radiator pipes and on the pipes, which unfortunately revealed a larger hole than we’d planned. Brian followed by wetting down the bare wall before applying the filler he had mixed up. We are now letting this dry before we work further on it.

This process we repeated around the room, chipping away at any weak areas, then filling in readiness to be rubbed down over coming weeks. It’s a slow but deliberate way of achieving a good finish.