What a Day!

Saturday 14 December 2013

The day it all came together - much to our surprise.  First though, we had to get that pesky upstairs window box fitted into the window.  All the others had just slotted right in, so why did this one have to cause so much trouble?  Three fittings before it would go in, and then down again for gluing before the final fix.

 They were looking pretty cheerful at this point, before the first lift ...

I wasn't allowed to take photos again after this - we were up and down like yoyos, me inside with the drill at the ready, but it took two more sessions with the jigsaw and plane to make it fit under the rafter and up against the olive wood corner.

 Then Pete turned up and volunteered to make cut straw for the external plaster (render) that we're going to need as soon as the wall is up.  It's a slow process, with a knife and a cutting board, we might have to find a way to speed it up.

 Jonathan got on with fixing screws and tying string so that the bales can be secured individually to the wood frame.

While I tackled the stapling - with the new stapler - of the blue netting.

And all of a sudden, we were ready to lay the first bale ...