While we have started pointing the outside of the extension, we have also started on pointing the internal part of the extension. The internal face of one of the walls in the kitchen was built using stone that we reclaimed from demolishing a couple of internal walls in the old part of the property. Since it was raining for much of yesterday, it seemed like a good idea to get on with this internal work. With three people working on it together, it only took a day to get this work finished.
We used the same lime mortar mix (based on Nosterfield River sand and hydraulic lime) as we have used on the outside of the property.
This internal wall has been built using stone from a couple of walls that we knocked down in the existing cottages. We are using the same lime mortar that we are using to point the outside of the building. The chalk marks on the wall are where the electric cables are placed – H + E = Hob and Extractor.