Ok, so I’m just going to blast through what we’ve been doing for the last couple of months – I’m sure I’ll miss some bits out but plenty of photos should cover any errors in the text…
After the arches we moved on to stone veneering. We built a timber framed wall on the side of a barn up at the block and prepped it as if it were a new build house wall. Veneering on to a cement board wall on the timber frame, we made sure to leave weep holes at the bottom for and moisture to escape from behind the stone and then started coursing upwards using brick ties at the correct spacings. This was my first real amount of work using a trowel so a bit of a learning curve but you get the knack pretty quickly; I’m still no expert but time will tell…
Veneering site
The wall, including a rare shot of Dunc working on after everyone else...
Close up of veneered area
It was great to have a real go at veneering for a few weeks as this type of work really should be bread and butter stuff in Queenstown once I finish the course. Looking forward to the advanced veneering module and working around a few window openings, lintels and corners.
ARCH UPDATE: pics below of the arches with the frames removed – they stayed up, woo hoo!
Punk arch with wood frame removed
Flat arch with frame removed
