We have been in our house six and half years during that time I have painted the bathroom wall at least four times due to a damp wall. The outside wall is marlin brick corners and stone walls, with it being south west facing it gets hammered by the wind and rain. The bigger wall had been rendered all over before we moved in we do not like the wall rendered in fact had damp problems with that but managed to seal it with a water repellent. I noticed in the area a lot of south west walls had been vertical slated. I did have some old Welsh purples left over from when we had the roof done so you will see that the bond is different up to the wall. I then purchased Brazilian graphite grey 20 x 10 slates and a 20 foot roll of 7 inch lead that was a shock with the price £54+VAT. The builders in the area charge up to £180 a day so by working off a ladder and not having scaffold I saved well over £1,500 pounds. I worked all week in 70f plus heat which was really draining to the body I was coming in having a bath then sitting down with a cold beer. We have had rain today so it was nice seeing the rain run down the slates. Because of the rain I have worked indoors and sealed the wall again with a damp proof paint just to make sure! will be hopefully painting it again and leaving the pictures on the wall this time! in the afternoon did the housework it is now coming up to 17.15pm and the sun has come out again.
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