… of the counter-battens today.
That is, the end wall, two thirds of a side wall and half of the other side wall. I just have to finish up that wall to two-thirds of its length, which will take me about half an hour tomorrow, and then I’m going to have a go with the plaster board.
The reason why I’m only doing two thirds of the sides and one end wall is that that is all the flooring that I’ve laid so far. I can’t do the rest until I build up the roof of the bathroom and the wall around the staircase and while it makes good sense to do it all at once, the fact is that I have 13 sheets of plasterboard (about two-thirds of what I need) outside at the mercy of the weather (fancy it not being able to fit inside Caliburn) so it needs to be utilised pretty quickly.
I’m starting with the easy bits – the vertical part of the side walls – to give me confidence in handling it. I’ll do the complicated bits when I develop a technique.
As I was driving down the lane on my way to St Gervais for the Anglo-French group, I bumped (not literally) into Claude. He’s been in hospital having open heart surgery and he wasn’t discharged, he was expelled. He’s leaner and fitter than he ever was and looks so much better. I was quite relieved when I heard that the surgery had been a success.
And in other news, autumn has arrived. It’s currently 17 degrees in my little room and that’s with the light and the computer on and with me in the room. That’s the lowest it’s been for ages. I’ll be having the heating on in here before much longer.
How long before you can move into your attic?
Don’t forget you’ll need to put a chute in from the attic to your bechstuhl 😛
Earlier you mentioned getting a wood burner for your room. Are you looking at new or waiting to find second-hand? If new, then check out a company called MachineMart next time you are over here or in the internet as they have a range of them, although I make no promises about cheap prices etc.
I know a story about that, Rhys.
And a wood-burning stove is high on my agenda but even though prices at Machine Mart and Northern Tools in Portsmouth are quite interesting, I need one before my next visit to the UK
Personally, given that the window probably doesn’t look out over anything interesting, the window would be my toilet 😀
I used to pee out of the window when I worked in Latvia. For the rest I used a bucket.
For something a wee(pun intended)bit more civilised, you could always use a camping porta loo. Once the permanent fixtures are installed it could then be moved out to the barn in case you get caught short on the job as it were. But enough of this toilet humour, you should be flush with success by then. (grin)
But surely the problem with Camp porta loos is that they rapidly become cottages for the likes of Lee Pottyphar?
What you need is the chute. You can also use that during building work to dump stuff down :p
A porta-loo is actually what Im using at the moment until I can do something about the beichstuhl. But when I’ve finished my room I’ll be installing a temporary composting toilet in the other lean-to and sooner or later when the bathroom is complete there will be a rainwater-powered traditional loo.