Tuesday, 7 February 2012

Screeeeeed

Friday saw the screed go down. I had imagined a process similar to that of pouring the concrete slab, but in fact the screed is quite different. It looks more like our earth mix for the wall than concrete. It was mixed on site, and moved into the house in wheelbarrows, then levelled using wood battens.




It's made a massive difference to the look of the ground floor and the proportions of the rooms. The floor level is now just a few centimeters below it's final finish. There's a layer of chip board/ply to go down and then the reclaimed boards.



Saturday evening saw the arrival of 4 inches of snow - perfect for snow men and we even saw quite a few igloos. We managed to brave the roads to make it over to Girton and it was fun to see everything with a fresh white covering.



Number 1 with it's newest neighbour.
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  1. Huw8 February 2012 at 09:45

    Here's my interesting fact for the day, that might be slightly incorrect as I can't find anything to confirm it now but I'm sure I read it somewhere, I believe in olden days after the had put down the screed type layer they used to invite their friends round and have a clog dance on top of it to smooth it down.

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    1. Kate13 February 2012 at 17:24

      Hello Huw. The screed guys seemed to do a good job of smoothing the floor which is a bit sad cause a clog dancing party could be a lot of fun. I officially invite you to clog dance in our house whenever you like :-) x

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