Next job on the never ending "To Do" List is battening in underneath the house.
Like this:
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| Long Battens around the sides as seen above |
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| And fringe batten around the front (underneath the deck) as seen above in this pretty house |
So Dad made up 180 steel brackets (because the quote he got to have the steel fabricators do this was "ridiculous") his words - not mine :-p and on Sunday he set about welding them onto all the posts... Here's some pics including one of him in his welding gear - pretty funny!!!
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| Dad welding the steel brackets to the posts... |
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| If you look carefully you can see the posts with the brackets attached... |
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| Dad in his welding "get up" :-D |
Whilst they were doing this I was no more gaping. Gaping is a tedious job that involves running and squeezing a tube of no more gaps down a VJ (with the help of a gap gun) to fill any holes that have developed between the VJ's over the years. This is a HUGE job as the house has not been painted (or gaped) for at least 40 years and even the ceilings are covered in VJ's, but a job that needs to be done none the less. I have given myself a deadline of Dec 1 to have it completed - Wish me luck :-/
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| VJ Walls - The white stuff in between each gap is the "No More Gaps" stuff. |
So this weekend J aims to make a start - and a huge dent in the battening and I... will be gapping!!! :-D
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