Mostly About Weather

[poliphilo]

 The back of the house faces south-west- which is the direction most of our weather comes from- and it has taken a beating over the past 90 years. We've had quotes for cladding- but cladding is expensive- and now we're looking at having the brickwork rendered. There's an Irish guy who lives in a house we can see from the front windows who has done a lot of building work on the street and we've asked him for a quote.

It would be good to give the job to a neighbour. 

Ailz calls from the bedroom to say she has just had a notification from the weather bureau to say the snow will be stopping soon. Which is nice of them, only it hasn't been snowing...

But perhaps it will. It's a cold morning- quiet and still. The light is soft. Perhaps it's snowing further inland.

Winter has nearly run its course. Next month we'll have been in the house a year- and will have seen what this part of the world is like in every season. We get lots of sunshine, but the wind and the rain can be fierce...

Comments

[cmcmck]

Our house has engineering brick facings and the render is so fine it's never been replaced since being done.

[poliphilo]

Were told this morning- by someone who should know and doesn't have an agenda- that cladding is a way of storing up problems for the future and render is the way to go.