If you read the previous post you’d know that our rear wall footings weren’t up to scratch and needed repairing. It was a bit tricky as the space was limited but passing buckets of concrete out of the window worked well. We prepped well and I rust treated the existing rebar, added new rebar and pressure washed it a few times. After the concrete had set I did go along the bottom of the wall and filled up any gaps that still existed and as suggested by a few, I might seal the joint at the bottom.
We’re pretty pleased with how it worked out and it’s a major improvement over what Thomas Motzer left us with, see below. Just a shame we had to spend the time and energy to correct this mistake. With this done we can move on to apply a new parge coat of lime to this wall which we will probably start this weekend.
P.S. the white stuff on the walls is new lime mortar and as this will be hidden or white washed we didn’t bother color matching it.
P.P.S. Hope you’re feeling a bit better Chris 🙂
