The house wot Juffy built
The plumbers descended on the block today, for the first time since….I think it was when they did the sewer run down around the back of the house, which was a while ago. It’s changed a bit since then. I had a few jobs for them today, which they thought might take them more than a day: install the shed toilet & sink hook up the meter to the main supply pipe run all of the internal plumbing in the house walls, in aid of…Continue Reading “Internal plumbing”
I’ve also been chipping away at the inside 2nd coat – keeping on with my 5-6 mixer loads/day and getting some other stuff done along the way. The dog has been doing an excellent job of supervision: ….but not otherwise contributing much. Did this wall over a couple of sessions, because the window reveals are tedious as heck. This funny 105° corner (the “Architect’s Folly”) was interesting as well – I needed to build it out a LOT, because baling a 105° corner is almost…Continue Reading “Rendering: 2nd coat, inside”
Been installing windows, with a mate for extra hands and good ideas, over the last couple of weekends. It’s a surprisingly fiddly process – lots of checking levels, verticals and straightness in lots of different directions, and mucking about with shims to keep everything straight: Drill and countersink holes in the frame for screws Put window in wall (this is where you really need the extra person, to hold it up while you muck around) and get it straight and upright Screw lowest screw in…Continue Reading “Windows!”