Getting Plastered

So at last we are at a stage where the plasterer can put up the partition walls for the upstairs bedrooms and bathrooms etc. At the moment all we have is a vast open plan look ie; nothing! The idea is to create one bedroom and three bathrooms and toilets out of the space in the main house and two bedrooms on the newly built extensions. We will end up with three double bedrooms each with its own bathroom and toilet. At least that is the plan. In the UK normally they put up a wooden frame and then attach the plasterboard to it and then plaster over to form the wall but as this is France of course that is not the way to do it! Here they mark out the floor using a laser sight and then put down metal rails. These are screwed into the floor then the uprights are added then the plasterboard is screwed onto these. To do the whole of the upstairs took a week! Finally they don't plaster over here either, of course, they tape over the joins and plaster skim only over the tape. When its dry you just rub it down lightly with sandpaper then paint! Not quite that easy but in principle a neat idea. So now we have partitioning up and all we have to do is get the carpenter back to lay the new wooden flooring and relay some of the old oak stuff and its done. Aha, but we also have to clean the old wooden beams off and insulate the roof before he comes back. Just another job in a long list of stuff left to do. We are progressing though aren't we?