Wall to Wall

Our cellar is partially buried in the hillside, and partially above ground. We did some renovation work to it last year, but there are still some jobs that need doing. The first is to remove all the material that’s covering the stonework at the far wall. This is so we can chaux it and then seal it. This will help stabilise the wall, and hopefully manage the level of humidity in the cellar room, which was quite high last year. Although we were not alone in this, it seems most of the village had issues.

First we needed to carefully move all the bottles out of the cellar into a neighbouring room, to store whilst we do the work. The aim is to get this done before the end of April.

As with all these jobs the loose material falls off easily, and then there’s the more stubborn kind.

But Chris, our Workaway helper, is not easily put off by difficult jobs. So, with a lot of elbow grease, he was soon revealing the rest of the wall for us.

Another marvellous job done, ready for the next stage.

Meanwhile, outside, we were getting started with a wall of our own, one that we had prepared earlier. We’d all had a go at removing the hard cement from the garden wall but now it was time to replace it with chaux. It’s a job that’s going to take some time though, as the work is very slow.