Stoned

The work in l’atelier has been progressing well. I have finished washing down the stone as far as I can go. There is some above the staircase, but this is a bit precarious for me to do, so we will be doing this together at a later date. It will not affect us laying the floor so we do not mind leaving it.

Brian is working on the grouting, which really does take a lot of time, but it’s looking good so we are pleased with how that’s going.

The thing that has been stumping us is buying the wood for the stud wall he is going to build at the bottom of the stairs of l’atelier, and also the one in the laundry room to screen off the pipe work and electrical box.

Due to the pandemic, and warmer growing conditions in Scandinavia, there is a general shortage of wood and building products, so it has been quite difficult finding a shop or depot that has the wood we need in stock, and that can then deliver it to us. It’s too long or big to go in the car or trailer. One company quoted us 110 euros to deliver 50 euros worth of wood. So we have adapted our approach slightly, and although we are now buying more wood, we only have a 20 euro delivery charge, and we have all the wood we need for both projects. Hopefully that will be with us next week.