NOVEL SIMPLE Chapter 188 Repair completed
Luo Yunhang finally returned to Tianzhou City after spending two days and one night in the car.
The renovation and restoration plan of the courtyard house is also in progress.
The restorers headed by Master Li are better at repairing and restoring details, so they handed over other large-scale restoration tasks to the antique architecture team.
The person in charge of this construction team once graduated from the Department of Architecture of Tianzhou University. He is more professional and meticulous than ordinary construction teams. It is very reassuring to leave it to them.
If there are any major problems, he will communicate with Master Li and Luo Yunhang in a timely manner.
Luo Yunhang was not stingy and directly approved one million in funds for him.
The two teams were stationed in the two courtyards and began the long and arduous restoration work.
Doing repairs is undoubtedly boring.
Luo Yunhang also started to learn the restoration of traditional utensils from Master Li. He got to know all kinds of repair tools made by his ancestors and saw the exquisite repair skills passed down by his predecessors. It was really amazing.
They are mainly responsible for the repair of some wooden structures in the courtyard.
First, you need to observe the degree of mold and mildew before repairing it.
After observing the structure, carefully disassemble it. When disassembling, generally follow the reverse order of the original assembly, try not to damage the original paint, and try to avoid using a planer.
Then there is the ingredients. You need to clearly see the wood itself and the degree of damage and location. If you really need ingredients, you need to find wood of the same quality, color, and grain to match, and choose materials with relatively light colors.
After assembling the materials, it is time to put them together, which must be seamless and straight, with no offset printing or cracking on the surface. Then, the combined materials must be processed to be highly consistent with the original parts, with no traces of repair visible.
The last step is assembly. It is necessary to keep the original appearance of each component and frame structure tight and reasonable, and assemble it reasonably according to the original structure of the furniture. The mortise and tenon structure is tight, the frame is straight, no offset printing, the surface is smooth, and the four legs are smooth.
Each piece requires a lot of time and energy to think about.
After learning from Master Li and many other brothers for about a week, Luo Yunhang also began to try to make some small objects.
Perhaps because of his sufficient knowledge reserve and aesthetic appreciation, he learned quickly and could already repair some minor and minor things independently.
Master Li praised him in public for his strong learning ability and his rapid progress. All the brothers looked at him with envy. You must know that when they first came into contact with restoration, it took them half a semester to get a glimpse of it.
Luo Yunhang smiled awkwardly.
Important parts can only be handled by Master Li.
The deeper the restoration work goes, the more everyone discovers that these two houses are not simple.
Although it is now in ruins, it can be seen from some details that its production technology and materials were the best at that time. All the wooden structures in the corridor are made of sea yellow, which shows what kind of wealthy family it is.
All the batches of sea yellow brought back by Luo Yunhang were used in the restoration work.
Even these senior brothers call it a luxury. Using such precious sea yellow as the corridor, what a sight this house will look like after it is restored.
There are some details that cannot be verified, so we can only ask Luo Minsheng for advice. After all, he lived in this house when he was a child.
He was looking forward to seeing the house turn into what he remembered little by little.
The original intention of the entire renovation was to repair and transform the building into something suitable for modern living without damaging the original structure as much as possible.
This restoration work was carried out intensively for more than three months, from the late spring cold at the end of February to the early summer at the end of May.
Finally, the entire repair work was completed.
The two courtyards have almost restored to 70-80% of their appearance in the glorious period, from ruins to simple and magnificent.
Luo Yunhang did some calculations and found that he spent a total of about 10 million on the repair work this time, not counting the money to buy the small leaf red sandalwood.
The main money is spent on materials and labor.
Especially the materials. The materials in these two courtyards are all precious materials. Even the bricks on the ground were specially made to order.
A huge amount of money was spent on buying various types of wood and custom-made stones, as well as the wages of the two teams.
Although Master Li said that his team did not need to pay, Luo Yunhang still insisted on paying. After all, these are high-level laborers, and it is not easy for them every day, and they also have to eat.
However, it is worth spending more money. This "reborn" courtyard house is like a dialogue between the new and the old. It not only retains the antique color, fragrance and charm of the traditional architecture, but also combines the modern life. convenient.
But it cannot be said that the complete repair is complete yet, there is still one final step.
That is to move the furniture below and repair it.
Luo Yunhang hired Master Li's team for another month to repair the furniture.
The entire courtyard is filled with various types of furniture. These furniture are all the best of the best, including Arhat beds, canopy beds, Qiangong Babu beds, bookcases, tables, tables, chairs, benches, piers, screens, cabinets, mirrors...
Countless pieces of furniture.
Everyone is curious about where the furniture was moved from. Judging from the damage marks on the furniture, it seems that it was left in a damp place and became suffocated.
But no one dared to ask, after all, it was their private matter.
Master Li had experienced that era and knew that Luo Yunhang had just been recognized as a relative by the Luo family. He knew some inside information and guessed that these things might have been placed underground before being brought out.
It's a pity because of the times, otherwise these things wouldn't have become like this, what a waste of natural resources.
The entire team worked intensively to repair it. It took a month to complete the repair, and it took another half a month to complete it.
This semester is over immediately.
The two houses were also in the hands of Luo Yunhang and restored to their glory decades ago.
Whether it's the decoration or furnishings inside, everything is made from things found in the basement.
Almost half of the basement was emptied, which was equivalent to moving out all the things they had thrown in back then.
Therefore, it is almost a one-to-one restoration of Luo Zhai back then.
After Xiang Yizhai, Yuan Tiangang and Miao Cuihua learned about it, they all came to visit one after another and marveled at the luxury of this house.
Two brothers, Luo Minsheng and Luo Haisheng, came to this renovated house together, and both of them were filled with tears of excitement.
Luo Minsheng recalled the scene when he was a boy, feeling a little excited and sad.
But since Luo Haisheng entered this house, he seemed to have suddenly become much more sober.
He excitedly looked around the yard and walked into every room, as if he had entered his own memories.
I couldn't tell the difference between reality and dream for a while.
He felt like he was in a big dream, suddenly returned to the past, and seemed to be more awake again.
Luo Haisheng has never been so awake in these years. This is the home that has appeared in his dreams countless times.
From a babbling toddler to a young teenager, he spent his time here. This is where he has the best memories of his life!