I have to say that I don't like the bare stone on the inside walls. It would be much authentic historically to lime plaster the walls as they would have been originally. And much more pleasing to the eye.
Agreed, I think it's overwhelming and makes it too dark inside. I have an old stone cottage like that from the 1870s and they're dark inside if you don't have Velux windows. One wall exposed stone is nice but all...no. And in the West of Ireland the wind and rain are going to get through those exposed stone walls now. Also they stripped the concrete render off all the inside but left it on the outside??
@@bookcadenb4584 That's fine in a dry climate. Ireland is a rainforest temperate zone and Sligo is in the wettest part of the country. Without some form of insulation on those walls water and cold air will come in.
@@greenknitter Not certain if you understand how water and air move through materials. The Lime render on the outside is what "seals" the building from Wind/Water (coming in) yet allows moisture built up in the walls to escape. Cold temperature via conduction is actually sucking the heat out of the interior through the walls themselves (the walls feel cold to the touch). You can insulate half way between the interior and exterior of the wall to great effect, making your interior more energy efficient but it needs to be done in a way that moisture (vapor) can still pass through the medium and escape to the outside otherwise you have a dangerous build up of moisture inside the wall compromising it.
Very functional but void of visual warmth and what’s with the British thing with gravel ? Mistake from a heat retention viewpoint not to plaster the walls flat and fill all those air leaks. Alright for a couple of days but certainly does not rise to the claimed ‘home’ standard.
