Monday 1 August 2016

Renovation project - French exterior paint

Renovation project - French exterior paint
We have a non eventful sailing back to France which is the best thing you can ever say about a journey over the water.
It feels so good to be back, but I am on the phone a number of times just to check all is OK, I think the family may be glad when I stop clucking over them so much.
But back to Brittany, the sun is shining and the weather is glorious and likely to stay this way for some days, so it is a case of sorting our work schedule around the weather and first things first is the painting of the house.
John starts on the bedroom terrace, we have our white paint, but as it goes on, it really doesn’t look very white, maybe it will dry whiter.
It doesn’t, it stays the same colour. We have not used this make before, it does cover well though and is a rough finish, as parts of the walls are smooth and rough, John manages to get them all the same, before painting over again in a definite white paint.
The paint is called crepie (do not buy this for a smooth finish!)
Exterior paint in France

Exterior paint in France

Exterior paint in France

Exterior paint in FranceThe floor of the terrace is painted in a fibre glass product to ensure that it is water tight.
The gutters are painted in a dark grey metal paint that we bought and the whole area looks really good once it is finished.
Exterior paint in France

Exterior paint in France

Exterior paint in France
The thing we have realised is that the terrace is a real sun trap, we first found this out when John was painting it and ended up with sunstroke, I know sunstroke in Brittany, it really was that sunny. He also had no hat; we had searched for his caps and could not find any.
I popped to the local market to buy a new one, but all they had were multicoloured with writing on, so I had to ask in my best French, if they had any suitable for old men (john was not impressed with this) the best the stall had was a blue NY cap. But it was better than nothing.
Once it was finished I put my table and chair there to write, it was bliss, for about 5 minutes, the sun and walls were so bright I ended up chasing the shade. What I really needed was a big hammock and just to spend a few hours sunbathing.
Exterior paint in France

Exterior paint in France

7 comments:

  1. Glad your back safe and sound, the terrace looks great but I would have to have shade too, you need one of those triangle shade things, keep the good work up

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  2. The paint turned out well. Maybe adding some plants will help cut the heat, along with a big umbrella to provide some shade. It all looks lovely.

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  3. Jenny, Glad you were able to get back to France with your Mum on the mend.
    Have a look around for thing called a "shade sail" very popular in Australia for just you situation
    David

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  4. thanks :) we have some plants to go up there and I think the shade idea maybe following very soon :)

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  5. It's looking lovely, what a great place to relax.

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  6. That looks awesome. Another great job.
    I had heat stroke cutting the grass one Easter a few years back, though the temperature on Wednesday at 36°C was the hottest I can remember on Brittany in the last 10 years.

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  7. it's a great place to relax, this has been the hottest summer we have known here. but maybe not the best time too be painting white walls ;)

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