Plaster

Tonight we plastered the big repairs in the attic and the bathroom. Remember last Wednesday I pulled out all the loose plaster around the bathroom window:


Then we built up from the lath with structo-lite, and tonight we applied the first coat of plaster:


Recall how this wall behind the pipe looked on Monday after I etched out the cracks:


Here it is tonight after applying structo-lite:


Remember after the guys took down the plaster and lath from the interior attic wall, we removed the studs and those weird metal straps. Then Keith mortared the exposed stone and built the wall up in layers. Last night he topped it off with structo-lite:


and tonight he skim coated plaster on the surface:


The random-width knotty pine flooring is acclimating to the house before installation.


Steve and Stevie were here today backfilling and grading.


Here's the backyard ready for the footers for the back porch:


And this is the front entrance ready for the footers for the front porch:


Next they will finish the demolition/excavation of the south side where the old porch was. We'll use the rubble to fill in the hand dug well when the porch floor is removed.