The days are getting muddled up a bit. On Monday (I think) I started building the wall. I built a level subframe and put the frames on top of that. The idea is to build a 2.4 m wall with a garage door in it, and to add a carport behind it. The major problem is that I am not allowed to dig any holes for posts to support the wall. It will end up having braces all over. Let us but hope that we do not get a strong gust of wind to take the wall to the neighbour!! It turned out that the ground drops down by 400mm towards the cookhouse. I contacted a guy who promised to deliver a load of pitsand to level that area. Still waiting. Sorry Ben, I didn't make it.
Once the sand (8 cubic metres) is delivered, we will have to level it out, and also move about one metre to Cambridge to cover a parking area at our other house. Somebody suggested I should work on my beer belly.
On Thursday I finished painting the outside wall, up to the downpipe. (see last week's picture) Next is to be the western wall. Moved the scaffold over and started cleaning the weatherboard. The forecast for Friday was rain, and I also had to go to Hamilton, so no work could be done. There is still some cleaning to be done, and one board is rotten and must be replaced.
Saturday we decided not to work. I started by spraying a weedkiller on the grass by the back door. Elna washed the car. Then I fixed my planer/ thicknesser which had stripped gears and a broken drive belt. With the planer fixed, I planed a rod down for a curtain rod in the living room. It still has to be sanded and varnished. An easy day.
Today is Sunday, a day of rest.
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