Mitre joints

Tuesday 1 February 2011

At 4.30 we finished in the boatyard and shot up to Goat Bottom to paint preservative at the corners and put up the corner beading to give our shed a finished off look (and keep rain out of the cut ends and exposed corners).

We've done a pretty poor job of mitring (mitre-ing?) our corners so far - partly because we needed a mitre block in a hurry and the local shop only had a very dodgy one with a saw that doesn't really cut.  It's been driving Dave mad.  We also had a tape measure with a wobbly fitting that makes a difference of up to 2 millimetres between measurements - far too large for a good mitre joint.  Anyway - we'd struggled with these obstacles for a while, and finally got it all together this time, creating these very fine joints around the door frame.  Smug grins from us both! 

Meanwhile, back at the apartment, the reinforcing bars have gone in on the build next door.