Flood Prevention Attempt Number 2!
Today, we attempted to block off the rain water spillage coming from the workshop. See the little movie of the “river” gushing out of their workshop area (river starts at…
New Stop Knob Fitted!
Stephen replaced the old defunct Engine Stop knob on the dumper truck with a shiny new one! It was a relatively simple job and took about 30 minutes. It is…
Sunday Quiet Jobs!
As to our rule, for Sunday, we do quiet jobs around the house and the site so not to disturb our neighbors. Today, we did several tasks as follows: Camera…
Minor Roof Repairs
This morning, we installed our Sun Shield covering over the long corridor. While up there on the roof, we inspected, as we always do each year, the quality and state…
Electric Vibrator Reassembled
This morning, Stephen put back together the electric powered vibrating plate compactor, bolting the off-centre motor back onto the base plate. He also had to extend the cable back up…
Digger drips oil
While digging the hole for the first energy module today, we noticed that there were splashes of oil on the digger’s tracks and the ground nearby. It looks like we…
Wheel on Trolley Fixed and Resprayed!
This morning, on this lovely Sunday morning, we did some maintenance tasks, like for example, repair the puncture we got in one of the tyres of the large flatbed trolley.…
Rebuilt the Boundary Fence with Workshop
And this afternoon, while we were waiting for the building inspector to come to look at our sewage pipes, we rebuilt the boundary fence, between us and the workshop. We…
Big Trolley repainted
We bought a big hand trolley (2.4 m x 1.2 m, 1000 kg load) back in 2002, and have used it extensively since. The steel frame has been desperately in…
Mini Trolley Repaired
Stephen repaired the mini trolley on Thursday afternoon and this Morning. The rear wheels were completely broken and the axles bent badly. The front wheels which had been already reinforced…