The recent warm weather has been a challenge for the pointing work on the dovecote. Due to age of the building and the nature of the stonework Melv has chosen to use lime putty - this itself can be taxing, let alone working in the high 20's!!
Melv put hessian up and kept it wet to avoid the lime putty drying out too quick.
The lime putty comes already mixed up in a dumpy bag, Melv then mixes it up with Bidestone grit and leaves it to mature and one of the best containers is a bath!
The Bidestone grit is full of shells and stones.
This then comes out in the mortar and it looks really smart.
It is really starting to take shape, but there is still more to do, the last wall...
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