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First 60m complete only 170 to go ! It took 4 weeks 6 days a week 8hrs a day pew ;-(

Just waiting for the new caping stones.

All the main pillars were repaired on site and new stone also carved by us.

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I cant tell you how much pleasure it has given me to watch that Nubeginnings [:D]

I was so worried when you posted about parpaings and DPC, its great to see that you have got a hardworking pro on the job, it already looks superb and will really remise en valeur Chateau Milly after so many years of neglect, I know you have already restored the chateau in the same manner but this is the icing on the cake, and what kerb appeal!!!

Chapeau to you

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Until I saw this I thought that pointing was rather therapeutic, certainly here at "chez Sid" where it's fairly manageable; if I had 170m to repair like that I'd go bananas!

Are you keeping a record of the sand/chaux total volumes?

Keep up the good work!

 

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  • 2 months later...
Almost finished the great wall renovation.

Here are a few shots of the gates, the only job left for the gates is to shot blast and paint.

The tractor belonged to our nearest neighbour who kindly helped us winch the pillar caps in to place.

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For some reason when I post pictures using Safari they don't work when using Firefox they do. Any way here are the pics working

Have you considered pulling in a  long and narrow (but tapering) shallow water feature to create an illusion of a drive and distance? or even a bed of slate chippings to get the same tapering perspective?  Have not got that far ahead in fact I never want to look at the bloody wall again. My small tractor has not been working and have been moving all the cement by hand. Very good work out for the back and shoulders but a spirit breaker !

Will post more pics when finished.

You will notice on the top of the old gates there was a flat zinc cover I belive there used to be a ball on top of the gates. I changed this on the new pillars to a sloping capping stone  Slightly hard type of stone for the caps.

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The end is in sight at last.

Here are a few updated pictures of the great wall project. Total length of rebuilt wall 250m plus the gates and pillars. Total cost to date an arm and a leg.

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This was cut from one of our fallen Ceder trees it made the perfect lintel the end is in site.

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This section still needs to be pointed in it was to wet and cold last week

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Thank you all for the words of encouragement. It has been a much greater project than I originally envisaged. We have about three more weeks of toil to go. 120m of drip course to lay plus two small more smaller courses on top of that then to finish it of we will lay a membrane on top of the last course and cap it of with white cement / lime mix.

Its amazing how many locals have stopped by to comment on the great wall project.
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[quote user="NuBeginnings"]Thank you all for the words of encouragement. [/quote]

Credit where credit is due; you and your team have done a stunning job. It is hardly surprising that the locals are being so complimentary ... you deserve to be praised.

[quote user="NuBeginnings"]It has been a much greater project than I originally envisaged.[/quote]

Looking at the length of wall involved I can believe that.

Well done.

Sue

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