24 March 2013

I took all of Monday and Tuesday to finish off the jobs on my list for Saturday.

It mostly concerned fitting the brackets for the shower frame, and fitting a waste pipe for the bath. The bath has a 500 mm or 2 inch waste, so I had to reduce it to 1 1/2 inch. Then I cut a hole in the floor for the toilet waste. We also finalised the position for the kitchen sink, and cut a hole for the waste. I had to remove some of the timber stored under the floor for the plumber to get in. All in anticipation of the plumber turning up. Needless to say, he didn't.

I measured the difference in height between the veranda posts, and the height of the rebuilt corner storage area. It turned out to be 180 mm. I repaired three left over posts and cut them to size. Those will still need to have nail holes and cracks filled in. Then I planned the extensions to the other posts, 27 of them. I ended up cutting a block of timber the right size and length, then drilling a hole through it, and joining it to the post with a galvanised iron rod, 8 mm and weatherproof glue. I had one rod easily available, and made the first one, then went to the shop to buy more. Sorry, only 6 mm and 10 mm available. I have a piece of offcut rolltop pool fencing in my scrap bin, so I was forced to  use that. Only problem is that it was welded in a grid, and I had to cut it all loose. Rods are OK now, and I hope to continue extending posts in the coming week, two per day.

Elna also got at the "knotty pine" boards, and painted them all. Looks like a unit now.

One of our friends was in the process of buying a house, and I was asked to do an inspection ( Builder's report). The final inspection was on Thursday, they settled (took transfer) on Friday and we all helped them move over on Saturday. Cutting it a little fine, but everything worked out fine.

Well, that was our week. We are looking forward to a visit from Anneke over Easter.we will surely enjoy that.