Annual Empty and Cleanup of Septic Tank
We had our Septic Tank emptied and cleaned up today. It was slightly longer than the usual 12 months since the previous service because we had stopped putting down vegetable…
Air Pump for Septic Tank was Serviced
We noticed that our Septic Tank was not “bubbling” away as usual and discovered the Air Pump had stopped operating. It usually is emits a steady hum that slightly rattles…
Adding Extra Insulation to our Roof on our Temporary Living Quarters
We were interrupted in doing this task by a bout of Covid and waiting for the weather, but we finally got to install an extra layer of insulation foam boards…
Second Piece of Damage Caused by Storm Eunice, Our Wooden Fencing
We spent the last couple of days, a few hours on each day, repairing the fence bordering our Loke, that was damaged by Storm Eunice back on the 18th February…
Storm Eunice Ripped Several Pieces of Roofing Felt Off
This afternoon we took to the sky and repaired a smallish section of roof on our Temporary Living Quarters, damaged by Storm Eunice a couple of days ago. It managed…
Removal of Builder’s Rubble
We took the opportunity to empty our builder’s rubble we have collected over the last couple of years. We had been loading up two separate ton bags with various rubbish…
Lighting Installed Upstairs and Flood Lights over Great Room
Today, we took an opportunity to install a new strip of LEDs up on the under side of the steel RSJ part of the Skylight. We wanted to rearrange some…
Sun Shield Taken Down and Thrown Away
Today, the first thing of the new week, we went up on our roof of our temporary living quarters to take down the Sun Shield from over our long corridor…
Sun Shield Patched and Installed over our Corridor plus New Waterproof Cover for Header Tank
It is very very hot outside today, we had to repair the tarpaulin that provides a sun shield over our long corridor in our temporary living quarter and also replace…
Spare timber Store Moved Outside to Swimming Lane
Today, we decided to move the heap of timber planks we had stored inside our Great Room, on a raised shelving rack system. The main reason for tackling this job…