Chaux what

As you can see the walls around the step area of the pool are looking way too shabby. We do like shabby chic, but not this shabby. They haven’t had any work done on them since we moved here, so Brian started the renovation by cleaning off all the loose and blown render. It fell off pretty easily.

It was then a little work out to get the bags of sand and chaux up the hill to start on the job.

A few trips up and down the hill later and we were ready to start.

The first mix cracked slightly as it dried, so we’ve added more sand which should slow down the drying and help prevent cracks. The addition of the sand has also produced a better colour. We are both pleased with the result.

The thing is when you start a job like this you think ‘We’ll just do this small area’, then it seems to escalate, and we keep finding more areas to fix.