{"id":1043,"date":"2009-11-27T22:22:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-27T22:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=1043"},"modified":"2017-06-27T20:56:01","modified_gmt":"2017-06-27T20:56:01","slug":"ive-finished-knocking-down-the-wall-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=1043","title":{"rendered":"Friday 27th November 2009 – I’ve finished knocking down the wall today."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"demolished<\/a>It took me longer than anticipated as I took my time doing it. It’s made of large hollow lightweight bricks and it occurred to me that with having to build retaining walls outside as Krys wants me to, a supply of large hollow lightweight bricks might come in handy.<\/p>\n

I’ve salvaged about 50 of them and put them to one side.<\/p>\n

This afternoon I’ve fitted the insulation to the stud walls at the head of the stairs – it’s made a difference to the sound travelling through the walls so it has undoubtedly made a difference to the thermal qualities. And just as well, too. The temperature has fallen dramatically and I was obliged to put the heater on for an hour tonight – the first time in two weeks.<\/p>\n

I dunno what kind of weird sense of humour people have round here. If you look at the wall under the stairs you’ll see the wallpaper from about 100 years ago. This house is built of stone and then someone plastered over the stone – and then lined the plaster with stone-patterned wallpaper. Why didn’t they simply forego the plastering?<\/p>\n

\"hammer<\/a>And not only that either. When I scraped off some of the wallpaper to see what it was like underneath, I came across a hammer and sickle insignia crudely carved into the plaster on the wall. I wonder what that’s all about? It’s something else that strikes me as totally weird in this place – we’ve discussed sacrificial chickens embedded in the concrete before now.<\/p>\n

I’ve rescued all of my pointing tools and given them a good clean. Apparently we are all pointing at Liz and Terry’s chantier<\/span> tomorrow. But I hope the weather is better than it has been for the last few days. Nothing but miserable grey skies and rain. The clothes I washed have been rinsed innumerable times by the heavens but the could really do with drying.<\/p>\n

And we have two footy matches tomorrow night – the 1st XI against hated local rivals St Gervais d’Auvergne and the 2nd XI against hated local rivals Charensat. A large crowd is assured (if the weather is half-decent) so just you watch the hotel next door close its doors right on the final whistle. No wonder they can’t make any money.<\/p>\n

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