Balanço Final / Final balance
Demoramos um mês a concretizar este nosso projecto. Confesso que foi mais difícil do que pensei inicialmente. Há detalhes e pormenores que podem dar um acabamento artesanal e não profissional que faz toda a diferença, e são esses que podem estragar o efeito visual de todo o conjunto.
Finalmente, este fim de semana colocamos os rodapés do hall, que tem 9 cantos!. Mais dois dentro do closet. Cortar 11 cantos significa cortar 22 tábuas na diagonal. Tentamos várias formas e a final foi com a peça de corte que está na fotografia.
Demoramos qualquer coisa como 7 horas a acabar o hall. No entanto, mesmo com esta peça, não conseguimos a perfeição, há sempre cantos que não encaixam ( provavelmente um profissional fá-lo-á! ) e por isso ainda tivemos de colocar uma massa branca de acabamento no fim, o que deu mais um hora... e ainda madeira líquida, em pequenos espaços junto das portas, porque não cortamos a madeira na perfeição. Mais um detalhe: compramos madeira liquida da cor do pinho ( que é a referência do chão ), mas quando aplicamos, era muito clara. Solução: pintamos por cima, com a cor que utilizamos para o rebordo da porta de entrada. Exactamente o mesmo tom do chão.
Para além dos cantos podemos referir outras dificuldades: quando retiramos os rodapés de azulejo, a parede, por baixo, ficou irregular. Provavelmente, deveríamos ter uniformizado com alguma massa própria. Mas não o fizemos, o que significou haver alguns sítios em que o rodapé novo não aderiu à parede, e outros em que não ajustou a 100 %. Tivemos de corrigir um a um, ora colocando mais cola, ora pressionando contra a parede mais tempo.
It took one month to achieve this our project. I confess that it was more difficult than initially thought. There are details that can make a handmade look and unprofessional and that makes all the difference, which can spoil the visual effect of the whole.
Finally, this weekend we put the footers of the hall, which has 9 corners!. Two more inside the closet. Cutting corners means cutting 22 boards diagonally. We tried several ways and in the end the opcion was with the piece in the first photo.
It took something like 7 hours to finish the hall. However, even with this piece, we could not achieve perfection, there are always corners that don't fit perfectly (probably professional will do it!) And therefore still had to put a white mass finishing at the end, which gave one more hour ... still, liquid wood in small spaces near the doors, because we not cut the wood perfectly. One more detail: bought pine wood color liquid (which is the reference of the ground), but when applied, it was very clear. Solution: paint over with the color used for the edge of the door. Exactly the same tone of the ground.
Apart from the corners we can refer other difficulties: when we removed the tile baseboards, wall, underneath, was irregular. Probably should have uniformed with some specific mass. But we did not, which meant there were some places where the new footer has not adhered to the wall, and others that did not fit 100%. We had to fix one by one, sometimes putting more glue, sometimes pressing against the wall more time.
Para além dos cantos podemos referir outras dificuldades: quando retiramos os rodapés de azulejo, a parede, por baixo, ficou irregular. Provavelmente, deveríamos ter uniformizado com alguma massa própria. Mas não o fizemos, o que significou haver alguns sítios em que o rodapé novo não aderiu à parede, e outros em que não ajustou a 100 %. Tivemos de corrigir um a um, ora colocando mais cola, ora pressionando contra a parede mais tempo.
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It took one month to achieve this our project. I confess that it was more difficult than initially thought. There are details that can make a handmade look and unprofessional and that makes all the difference, which can spoil the visual effect of the whole.
Finally, this weekend we put the footers of the hall, which has 9 corners!. Two more inside the closet. Cutting corners means cutting 22 boards diagonally. We tried several ways and in the end the opcion was with the piece in the first photo.
It took something like 7 hours to finish the hall. However, even with this piece, we could not achieve perfection, there are always corners that don't fit perfectly (probably professional will do it!) And therefore still had to put a white mass finishing at the end, which gave one more hour ... still, liquid wood in small spaces near the doors, because we not cut the wood perfectly. One more detail: bought pine wood color liquid (which is the reference of the ground), but when applied, it was very clear. Solution: paint over with the color used for the edge of the door. Exactly the same tone of the ground.
Apart from the corners we can refer other difficulties: when we removed the tile baseboards, wall, underneath, was irregular. Probably should have uniformed with some specific mass. But we did not, which meant there were some places where the new footer has not adhered to the wall, and others that did not fit 100%. We had to fix one by one, sometimes putting more glue, sometimes pressing against the wall more time.
Agora, acho que podemos mostrar ao meu pai, e ao mundo. Estamos satisfeitos com o resultado final!
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Now, I think we can show it to my father, and to the world. We are pleased with the end result!
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| A nossa gata a inspeccionar a qualidade do trabalho realizado! * Our cat doing the inspection to the quality of work done! |
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| O rodapé na cozinha deu-lhe um toque final especial. * The baseboard in the kitchen gave it a special finishing touch. |
Todos os que nos conhecem sabem que o nosso maior desejo era vender esta casa e recuperar uma casa antiga, com um pequeno jardim. Mas, atenta a conjuntura, sabem o que se diz, se não podes mudar de casa, muda a casa!
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All who know us know that our greatest desire was to sell this house and restore an old house, with a small garden. But, given the situation, you know what they say, if you can not change house, change the house!
Foi o que nós fizemos!
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That's what we did!
Até breve / See you soon
Maria Teresa Martins
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