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First job of the reconstruction, and carefully scheduled so that any inadvertent damage to the plasterwork comes *before* the plasterer's visit - the replacement of the old, drafty, maintenance-intensive wooden patio doors with a new set of draft-free, maintenance-free, high U value, PVCu patio doors with a single pane above:

The manufacturer's tape, just in case you were wondering, has been left on deliberately to protect the frames from (a) the new plaster and (b) my painting. It'll come off in a couple of weeks.