21 April 2015
Just as we were admiring the new SE window boxes, I realised that we hadn't put gravel into the ladder frame (which acts as base for the bales and allows any moisture in them to have somewhere to drain to). So they had to be filled by shucking a bucket at the frame and hoping most of the gravel would end up in the cavities rather than overshoot or fall short. It got done, but not very easily.
I had over-spec'd the plywood, to be on the safe side, and Rowan reckoned we would have enough over to do the window carcass for the SW corner as well. So rather than have the wood lying around getting in the way, we decided to go ahead with that corner too. This involved a quick infill with stone, construction of a ladder base frame - and, of course, filling it with gravel. This took a remarkably short time - only two half days, compared to how long we usually take over these things!
Just as we were admiring the new SE window boxes, I realised that we hadn't put gravel into the ladder frame (which acts as base for the bales and allows any moisture in them to have somewhere to drain to). So they had to be filled by shucking a bucket at the frame and hoping most of the gravel would end up in the cavities rather than overshoot or fall short. It got done, but not very easily.
I had over-spec'd the plywood, to be on the safe side, and Rowan reckoned we would have enough over to do the window carcass for the SW corner as well. So rather than have the wood lying around getting in the way, we decided to go ahead with that corner too. This involved a quick infill with stone, construction of a ladder base frame - and, of course, filling it with gravel. This took a remarkably short time - only two half days, compared to how long we usually take over these things!
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