… when very little seemed to go right. After all of my exertions today until 18:30 this evening, I’ve put one (out of three) sheets of plasterboard on the wall, and that is that.<\/p>\n
I started off by some more tidying up in the bedroom so that there was a place to work on the plasterboard, and then I cut the first sheet.<\/p>\n
This needed four holes to be cut in for the pattresses, and then a frantic search for the pattresses and sockets. And despite a decent search, I can’t find the telephone socket that I bought the other day.<\/p>\n
I then had to lengthen a couple of electric cables and that wasn’t easy either, and when I pulled out a redundant length of wire, I noticed that the insulation was shredded. A further search revealed that I’d put a plasterboard screw from the bathroom through into the conduit for the cables, so I had to remmove that and replace the wires.<\/p>\n
But the screw was behind the batten for the suspended ceiling in the bathroom so I had to take the batten down. But the screw head was worn so I had to drill it out. And so the battery went flat in the drill.<\/p>\n
And so it went on, and you get the picture.<\/p>\n
Eventually, all of the wire was the correct length, in the correct place, properly routed and joined, and so I could offer up the plasterboard to the wall. It needed trimming off and so I had to take it all down again to trim it. And in puttilg it back, I smashed a corner of the plasterboard that I had spent all morning shaping.<\/p>\n
But then again, that’s what filler is for and so it’s gone on the wall anyway. You’ve no idea how difficult to manoeuvre a sheet of plasterboard, thread four lots of cable through four lots of holes and then screw it to the wall all on your own.<\/p>\n
But it’s done anyway, and if I’m lucky, I can fit the other two pieces tomorrow and – shock horror – maybe even paint the walls on the landing. But I’m not holding my breath.<\/p>\n
It was freezing here this morning – 13.3\u00b0C. But that’s ot surprising seeing as how it was minus 6\u00b0C outside. And freezing where I was trying to work. That didn’t ease my humour any.<\/p>\n
So tonight, I’ve banked up the fire and we’ll see what happens.<\/p>\n
