… simmering away through the night did some good. It was 13.4°C in here this morning. Mind you, in the house downstairs it was an impressive 1.9°C. The weather really has gone cold here right now and it’s staying cold too. It had snowed during the night too.
First job was to make a start on the plasterboard walling.
There was quite a bit of studdding that needed to be fitted – I hadn’t done that correctly at all – and then I cut the second piece of plasterboard (the first piece was fitted yesterday). That needed a hole cutting in it for the light switch. That’s much better than trying to cut four out, isn’t it?
You’ll notice the two length of wood screwed into the top of the first piece. Having had years of experience of fitting plasterboard single-handed, those lengths of wood make rails. You slide the plasterbord over the top and down the back, clamp it to an upright (ou can see the clamp at the top of the image) and then once you hve trimmed the board (GRRRRR!) it’s ready to be screwed into position.
Getting to that position took me until lunchtime at 14:00 but I wasn’t going to stop. I carried on fitting the rest of the plasterboard and that took me until 14:40.
After lunch, in view of the fact that there was a little sun, I vacuumed up the landing and then masked off everywhere ready for painting. No point in doing that though in 1.9°C.
To finish off tonight, I mixed up a bowl of filler and put it on the wall. That took me until 18:40 and then I knocked off and fled into my room. I was absolutely freezing. It’s no fun working in 1.9°C – and that’s indoors too.
