Ravensbarrow Lodge Cartmell Fell
2nd February 2005
Ravensbarrow Lodge, Cartmel Fell
Ravensbarrow Lodge has now reached the plastering stage. With the under floor heating to the main house laid down and screeded over just before the Christmas period, this freed up all the ground floor areas excluding the kitchen for plastering.
The two open fires are now complete and await the timber fire surrounds on completion of the plastering.
The kitchen underfloor heating is now being laid down and ready for the screed.
At this stage it is quite critical to get the well frame and glass just at the right height to finish flush with the green slate perimeter ring (supplied by Kirkstone quarries) and onto the hardwood floor.
This will be obtained via 12mm threaded bar resined into the concrete sub floor then adjusted to the critical height via the bar and fixed.
The stonework can then be made up to the underside of the glass and finally the floor slab screened over.
The garage roof is also finished and we are eagerly awaiting the removal of scaffolding to reveal the fruits of our labour.
The recent mild spell has also allowed us to make a good start on the cast iron guttering. Our customer has gone for a pre finished gutter and down pipe in black and I think it is a good choice as once the rainwater pipes are fitted its very difficult if not impossible to get a full covering of paint to the iron work and I have to say it is a very nice crisp finish.
Our work internally is now coming to a close, but springtime should see us concentrating on the external finishing.