What a great day. I was out there before 8 a.m. having a look at things. Simon came out about lunch time and we worked for something like 4 hours, breaking to cook up some amazing salmon pasta.
We managed to fit the window today. During, I wondered why I’d shirked it. Really fun cutting wood and smelling it again. It probably did need the feeling that there was a full day there to be able to do it.
The day began with me wondering where the window would go. Astheticly I wanted the window in the center of the wall, but that would mean that the options for arranging bed and table inside would be limited. Eventually convinced myself it would be ok off center. Is that how you spell center? Centre? I’m lost.
We had to make room for the window. We cut off two of the studs part way up and put a whole new stud in. One of the studs I had mucked up when I put in originally. It was on a diagonal. Unfortunately, this was the key stud, would form one side of the window frame. We loosened the nails that held it by way of a hacksaw then belted it where it was needed. I was scared of this because there were brick ties underneath on this same stud. Eventually got it.
It was quite a tight fit in the end and we had to do a heap of hammering and chiselling to make it fit. A pleasing sight.
I spent a lot of time just thinking about what was to be done, I wasn’t exactly sure how to. I think it went ok in the end though. Used a table to check that the height of the window was ok. Eventually just attached it to the top wood.
There was some accidental miscellanery knocking of the bricks today. They crumbled. I didn’t like that.
I ran out of big nails at the end. Si had done a great job all day banging crazy ones back into straight. I’ll need to buy some.
The arc of the window is troublesome. It bangs on the truss meaning it doesn’t open fully. Maybe I’ll need to go to work on the truss.
Justin gave an inspection later on at night and pronounced all well.
I even managed to start cutting some of the corrugated iron, another of the feared jobs. Awesome. Jobs for tomorrow: locate or buy more black paper, get more sand, calculate bricks needed, make bricks, buy nails, finish up stud changes, do roof.
I pushed it all day today and my body, soul, and life cherished in it. Come on health, hold together for tomorrow.
Finished up just before 8 p.m. with a quick 3 bricks layed. There were a couple of tennis sessions in there too. I loved today.
We managed to fit the window today. During, I wondered why I’d shirked it. Really fun cutting wood and smelling it again. It probably did need the feeling that there was a full day there to be able to do it.
The day began with me wondering where the window would go. Astheticly I wanted the window in the center of the wall, but that would mean that the options for arranging bed and table inside would be limited. Eventually convinced myself it would be ok off center. Is that how you spell center? Centre? I’m lost.
We had to make room for the window. We cut off two of the studs part way up and put a whole new stud in. One of the studs I had mucked up when I put in originally. It was on a diagonal. Unfortunately, this was the key stud, would form one side of the window frame. We loosened the nails that held it by way of a hacksaw then belted it where it was needed. I was scared of this because there were brick ties underneath on this same stud. Eventually got it.
It was quite a tight fit in the end and we had to do a heap of hammering and chiselling to make it fit. A pleasing sight.
I spent a lot of time just thinking about what was to be done, I wasn’t exactly sure how to. I think it went ok in the end though. Used a table to check that the height of the window was ok. Eventually just attached it to the top wood.
There was some accidental miscellanery knocking of the bricks today. They crumbled. I didn’t like that.
I ran out of big nails at the end. Si had done a great job all day banging crazy ones back into straight. I’ll need to buy some.
The arc of the window is troublesome. It bangs on the truss meaning it doesn’t open fully. Maybe I’ll need to go to work on the truss.
Justin gave an inspection later on at night and pronounced all well.
I even managed to start cutting some of the corrugated iron, another of the feared jobs. Awesome. Jobs for tomorrow: locate or buy more black paper, get more sand, calculate bricks needed, make bricks, buy nails, finish up stud changes, do roof.
I pushed it all day today and my body, soul, and life cherished in it. Come on health, hold together for tomorrow.
Finished up just before 8 p.m. with a quick 3 bricks layed. There were a couple of tennis sessions in there too. I loved today.
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