2 June 2012

Tomorrow we will be in Auckland, so you are getting this one early.

As stated, the sheep needed a fence. Now that took us two days, adding wires to the fence and putting chicken wire against the fence.Thank goodness we have bought a trailer load of fencing wire a while ago at $2.50!!

We removed the broken glass from the sash, and managed to cut a new pane from the others we had. Problem. The new glass would not fit, although the dimension was right. I learned that the glass was not square, so I had to trim the frame to suit. It turned out to be a big job at my age. Bottom line is that the window is complete now, and all works well. now we will need to remake some of the architraves, they just broke into a thousand pieces. At least we managed to seal that window from draughts. The other window in the same room is fairly rotted out as well. We might just patch it, but it might need remanufacturing as well. Will see next week.

We also refitted the cornices which we have removed when we fitted the plasterboard. We have stripped and revarnished them and had to jack them in position because they were so warped.

We have got two weeks left before Marike comes for her visit. If all goes well, we just might finish that room in time.

I forgot to say, we were given seven sheets of used ply. We used that and some other to line our existing bedroom. It goes only to 2.4m where the wall is 3.4m, but it already makes a marked difference to the temperature. We are experiencing a very mild winter to date, frost only two days or so.

See you next week
G