You may remember me telling you in a previous post that we have had a major issue with one of the front garden walls ~ putting it bluntly, the damn thing was in very great danger of falling down if the situation wasn't remedied PDQ but definitely had to be done before next winter 😦 So once again we found ourselves calling on the trusty services of George to come and sort it all out for us, and I'm very pleased (and relieved!) to report that the work is all finished now. There are a helluva lot of photos to accompany this latest saga, so I'll be dividing them into a few posts over the coming days! Today's offerings give you an idea of the deterioration issues we were facing with the wall:
With masses of rampant crocosmia at its base, it wasn't until the bloody stuff had died back that it became horribly obvious that the wall was in trouble.
As you can see, it's a long stretch of stonework with no pillars to break it up. It was also terribly bowed at the end nearest the house due to a sycamore (which we had to have removed when we first moved here) growing so close to it.
The photo above shows the bowing much more clearly!
George examined the wall and told us that it would need to be rebuilt from about where the stone chippings are in this photo all the way back up towards the house, where the greenhouse is.
The rest of the wall had apparently been rebuilt previously and although not in perfect condition, George said that it would be possible to simply do some remedial work along the base and repoint the stonework. This came as something of a financial relief; as I'm sure you can imagine the rebuilding of just half of this wall has taken an enormous chunk out of our living room renovation budget. Oh well, we've lived with the living room in its current state for eight years, so another couple won't matter much in the scheme of things I guess! Some stuff just has to take priority 😏
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