I’m currently on annual leave, it’s been a year since I’ve had some time off so I thought I’d take it while the kids were home from school. The problem is that I always end up regretting that I haven’t done enough, so I try… Read More »Out with the carpet, in with the floor boards!
[mantra-multi][mantra-column width=”2/3″] I’m getting there! No birthdays or special events to attend so the kiddies were able to hang out with me today! Fortunately all of the fence sections were put back up and I was mainly nailing stuff together so I didn’t have the… Read More »Fence repair – Day Four
Finally the project is nearing completion, fingers crossed I can knock it all over tomorrow. Although I was surprised that today was probably the most labour intensive day, cutting out those notches for the rails to fit into was surprisingly tedious. It probably would have… Read More »Fence Repair – Day Three
[mantra-multi][mantra-column width=”1/2″] Day Two of rebuilding the fence went pretty damn well actually. Keeping the posts in both a straight line and vertically level was the hard part. I used a string line between the two remaining posts at each end and followed it down.… Read More »Fence Repair – Day Two
Started repairing the fence today. Today’s task was to pull out the old footings and posts, smiles all round because I got to use my bro-in-laws Jackhammer! Great fun, it really is! The actual job of digging out the old footings went relatively quickly. That’s… Read More »Fence Repair – Day One
Well, thanks Mother Nature, there goes my weekend! It may not look terminal in this photo, but there are 4 posts where the concrete footings have completely caved away and / or the wood has rotted out. We’ve had wind gusts up to 130kmh (80mph)… Read More »Bye bye Weekend!