Cottages and Holiday Gites in Brittany are all similar in design, usually consisting of stone wall structures with traditional black slated roofs. When it comes to interior renovations, the one thing that's nice to preserve is the available original features. They are simple constructions using a lot hardwood timber.
Hardwood maybe obvious building material but often I have seen this overlooked when highlighting the original features of your property. The current project in Brittany Cottages Couetilliec has a beautiful chestnut flooring and timber roof frame. This will be made into a feature by removing all the paint, tile adhesive and anything else the previous owner chose to add and reveal wood in its original state.
Week 2 was a simple week, stud out the ceiling, set at the new height of 2.4m (this being possible after raising the Collar beams) and sanding the floors and common rafters.
Studding out the ceiling was the easy part, mostly it's just banging sticks together, (setting out every stud at 400mm centres. However sanding the floor was a real pain in the ass which was a first!
Usually, sanding the floors before you install walls is a straight forward exercise. Having a large space going along the wood grain, is slow but rewarding, seeing the natural wood reveal itself is very satisfying, especially if it's a pine wood floor.
When it's a chestnut wood flooring, which is a hardwood, that has never been loved since the day it was laid (some 50 plus years ago) and to add insult to injury having at some point in its life lino glued to an inch of its life, this took some time to sand. 3 LONG days to get 50m2 to a reasonable state.
We hired a drum sander for the main area of the floor, from Kiloutou, which are good well-kept machines. The cost of the sander is reasonable; though remember the costs starts to spiral when adding the sand paper, and dust sack. However if you break down the cost of sanding a floor compared with tile/carpet/laminate flooring, per square meter, sanding is the cheapest option as well as the best looking (in my opinion!).
Finishing off the edges, you use an orbital edging sander. As with the drum sander, start with 24 grit, working your way up to a 120, using a 40 and 80 grit on the way. Just be careful when using an industrial orbital sander as it has a tendency to bite into the floor is you don't keep it moving or if you put too much pressure on the edge.
Floors and ceiling done, in week 3 we can build the walls and install the first fix of electrics/plumbing.
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| (Brittany Cottages Couetilliec) |
Hardwood maybe obvious building material but often I have seen this overlooked when highlighting the original features of your property. The current project in Brittany Cottages Couetilliec has a beautiful chestnut flooring and timber roof frame. This will be made into a feature by removing all the paint, tile adhesive and anything else the previous owner chose to add and reveal wood in its original state.
Week 2 was a simple week, stud out the ceiling, set at the new height of 2.4m (this being possible after raising the Collar beams) and sanding the floors and common rafters.
Studding out the ceiling was the easy part, mostly it's just banging sticks together, (setting out every stud at 400mm centres. However sanding the floor was a real pain in the ass which was a first!
Usually, sanding the floors before you install walls is a straight forward exercise. Having a large space going along the wood grain, is slow but rewarding, seeing the natural wood reveal itself is very satisfying, especially if it's a pine wood floor.
When it's a chestnut wood flooring, which is a hardwood, that has never been loved since the day it was laid (some 50 plus years ago) and to add insult to injury having at some point in its life lino glued to an inch of its life, this took some time to sand. 3 LONG days to get 50m2 to a reasonable state.
We hired a drum sander for the main area of the floor, from Kiloutou, which are good well-kept machines. The cost of the sander is reasonable; though remember the costs starts to spiral when adding the sand paper, and dust sack. However if you break down the cost of sanding a floor compared with tile/carpet/laminate flooring, per square meter, sanding is the cheapest option as well as the best looking (in my opinion!).
Finishing off the edges, you use an orbital edging sander. As with the drum sander, start with 24 grit, working your way up to a 120, using a 40 and 80 grit on the way. Just be careful when using an industrial orbital sander as it has a tendency to bite into the floor is you don't keep it moving or if you put too much pressure on the edge.
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| (Sanding the Floor with hires Kiloutou hired drum sander.) |
Floors and ceiling done, in week 3 we can build the walls and install the first fix of electrics/plumbing.
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