28 October 2012

Elna did an enormous task cleaning the bathroom floor. Most of it is done, I would just try to clean a little bit more before we varnish it.

I spent most of my week working on the carport. I used only material from the garage we dismantled in January. I had to buy joist hangers (brackets to fit the joists to the main beams), but all of the remainder of the material was "ex stock" I constantly thought of Ben's visit and the two of us taking this garage to pieces. I managed to fit half of the roof, and cut the remainder of the corrugated to size.

There were a few interruptions though. One friend has a car with a broken cambelt, and he has got no other transport. So I helped (looked on and advised) and drove him around searching for parts and tools. That took most of Wednesday and Thursday.

On Saturday another friend turned up with a drawer from a dresser. It was moved on a trailer and the drawer came out and fell on the road, needless to say, in the face side. Luckily, I have got some oak boards, and once again, I stood looking on while he used my machines to repair the drawer. It is coming on nicely, but there is still a lot of work to be done.

It seems summer is coming (at long last). We had a cloudy day and light drizzle late in the afternoon. Hopefully our sunny days are here again!!