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| May 2010 The Drawing Room before Restoration |
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| May 2010 The drawing room before restoration |
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| May 2010 Structural Distress in Flooring leading to sweating of the floor |
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| Sept 2012 Careful removal of the sweated flooring to conduct investigations to understand the cause of structural distress |
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| Sept 2012 Investigation pits were dug to investigate the sweating of the floor |
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| October 2013 Careful hacking of the cement plaster |
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| October 2013 Cement plaster removed and masonry allowed to breathe |
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| January 2014 All cement plaster is removed and the masonry is ready for a the first coat of plaster |
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| February 2014 First coat of lime plaster applied and lime concrete floor consolidated |
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| March 2014 Thats how the first coat of coarse plaster looked when first applied |
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| July 2014 All cornices have been rebuilt in lime mortar after the second coat of finishing plaster has been laid and dried |
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| Sept 2014 Working in a house in the walled city with no extra space meant the drawing room doubles up as the carpentry workshop and the finishing is on hold for a couple more months. The good news is even after rains through the winter and the monsoon, there is no rising damp observed. |
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| October 2014 Work begins in the drawing room as the scaffolding goes up |
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| October 2014 Finishing work in Lime Plaster for the haveli begins |
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| October 2014 The intricate fanlights are meticulously restored on site by the local carpenters |
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| October 2014 This wall which always had seepage till 7' is now free from damp, the miracle of lime mortar is hence proved. 4 years later Mr Bagla is finally convinced that lime is the best material for his restoration work |
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| November 2014 We are now ready to lay our flooring, the craftsmen are getting their levels right |
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| November 2014 And so we began laying the black and white chequered flooring to match the original |
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| December 2014 The room is beginning to take shape |
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| December 2014 The room begins to take shape |
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| December 2014 The fanlight is now fixed |
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| December 2014 The other fanlights are ready for installation |
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| January 2015: The textured local glass is now fixed |
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| January 2015: Piece by piece the grandeur is returning |
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| January 2015 Locally made handles adorn the restored historic doors |
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| January 2015 We inch closer to restoring its original glory |
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| May 2015: And we are ready to move in! |
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| May 2015: The light fittings add to the ambiance |
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| May 2015: We await the furniture now |
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| May 2015: Awaiting the furniture now |
