Last Pile of Timber Moved and Rain Protection Half Done
Today, in the lovely sunshine, we moved the last pile of old timber that came from the demolition of the old bungalow that was here since around 1930’s. We spent…
The 89mm CLS Timber is Sorted
Today, we handled the next pile of timber, the 89mm by 38mm CLS timber. We also got our neighbour Terry to come and collect all the unusable pieces for his…
Continued With Site Reorganisation
We continued with our reorganisation of our site, completing the pile of the 63mm by 38mm CLS timber. We have graded the timber into “good”, “so so” and “rubbish” to…
Rain Stops Play!
At 4pm this afternoon, we had a lovely big thunderstorm roll over us and interrupted our work. We did wonder if it would miss us entirely as we could see…
OSB Sheets and Half the CLS 63mm Timber Moved
Today, before the thunderstorm arrived, we managed to move over the stack of OSB sheets (we have 34 of them left) including the protective house covering the wood. We also…
More Dirt Up Against the Fence Behind the Back Wall
This afternoon, after the rain interruption in the morning, we moved few more tons of dirt over to the gap between the back wall of the swimming lane and the…
Damaged Cement Bags
Today, during our tidy up of the site, we were moving the last 18 bags of cement, and discovered that several of the bags, 4 of them, were damaged. We…
All 420 Concrete Blocks Moved!
Today, we finished off moving the concrete blocks, all 420, yes all four hundred and twenty concrete blocks on 7 pallets. These are the narrow 140mm hollow blocks and 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…