The place looked a whole lot more like a home when the plasterboards were in place but we knew full well that the bigger deal was the eventual coat of plaster itself. Today the plaster-ing was finished and what a transformation. Plasterer Brian and his mixer Frankie made it look so easy yet anybody who has attempted it know that it takes a lot of spilt plaster before that stage is reached - especially on ceilings where gravity is not on your side. It is not just a matter of getting a semi-liquid to stick to the ceiling in the first place but you then must re-moisten it to slow the setting process and coax it to perfection before you are done, Total admiration and wonderment.
The rooms are drying out well, thanks to the forced air heat-recovery ventilation. Kitchen and bathroom are all but dry - certainly dry enough to be fitted out - due from Thursday onwards.
Tomorrow should see the floors topped off with 9mm hardwood ply, the door architraves, skirtings and inner doors - and the start of the outside staircase construction.
Pretty uninteresting photographs but they mark a milestone.
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