The internal kitchen wall will be built using stone that we reclaimed from a couple of internal walls that we demolished a couple of months ago. The walls (and thus the stone) was original and dates to when the cottages were first built. It is nice to think that this stone will remain on site and be re-used.
The lower part of the wall is built using blockwork. This produces a flat, even surface. This will help when fitting the kitchen. The work surface has an upstand that will act as a splashback. On top of the upstand, there will be an ashlar string course. The reclaimed stone wall will then be built on top of this string course. The string course has been installed and we will start work on the reclaimed stone wall next week.
Like the exterior reclaimed stone work, the internal stone work will be sand blasted before it is pointed. This will even up the finish and remove any paint or discolouring. The intention is that the internal reclaimed stone wall break up what would otherwise be a large wall.
Looking from the lounge into the kitchen. The feature wall in the far wall in the kitchen will be built using stone that we have salvaged from demolition work elsewhere on site.
The reclaimed stone for this internal wall has come from two internal walls that were removed when rennovating the existing cottages. It is piled up here on a pallet ready to go.
You can see here very clearly the ashlar string course that separates the upstand on the work surface from the reclaimed stone wall (yet to be built) above.