Friday 4 May 2018

Flat pack marathon, stage 4

Up early again for the renderers, but rain stopped play. It wasn't so much that they couldn't render in the rain, but there is apparently a bit of a spouting leak on the back wall, now obvious as a big wet patch on the render they did on Wednesday. If they put fresh render on and then it rains some more and the spouting continues to leak, the render will run. We contact the builders who are going to come and have a look and hopefully fix. So after a bit of initial waiting around for the rain to stop, Matt and Shane leave, promising to return Monday.
Meanwhile we complete the job of mounting the dryer upside down. This has been mostly Peter's project, with Helen helping whenever the dryer had to be moved. For the last step we need something about the right height to prop the dryer on while the vent is attached at the top, before it actually goes on to the wall brackets that Peter has fixed in place. A very old and incomplete set of Encyclopedia Brittanica is stacked to just the right height - knew they'd come in handy for something one day.
With the dryer firmly in place we start on the next flatpack exercise - a day bed with a pull-out trundle and two storage drawers under that. Two large half beds and two drawers to construct. We take a break mid-morning to go to the market, and Helen takes a break in the afternoon to attend a 90th birthday party. In her absence Peter relocates his pull-out shelf over the washing machine back a bit so that it no longer obscures the control panel. Laundry cupboard is now 99% complete - just a bit of cosmetic work on the duct at the top and a hose clamp on the drain hose at the bottom and it will be all done.
When Helen returns it's back to work on the Brimnes bed and by teatime it is all done except one drawer. Tomorrow we finish that, then it's wardrobe time.
Several days later, with final drawer done and tastefully furnished with bedding and cushions.

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