There's a reason I've not been in the workshop doing proper workshop things of late - and that's due to the backlog of jobs I need to attend to around the house finally. The bad news is that much of it involves The Brown Stuff, rather than metal. Can't be helped I'm afraid.
Here's the latest self-imposed task. Rotten fence beside the driveway. So rotten that it was falling apart and threatening the cars. Off it comes...
Down to Wickes for some treated 3"x2" for the horizontals and some treated rough sawn 6"x1" planks for the vertical slats.
Each 2.4m length of plank cut down into 80cm long slats, then the ends treated.
Horizontals fitted into the pillars.
And mortared up with red mortar.
Next weekend (today), over to Wickes for more timber. The Money Pit can at least lug some timber, allowing me to select the pieces I want rather than play the lottery by ordering it for home delivery. These are 2.4m long.
What have I let myself in for? And this lot on top of the previous trial run will only take me to about 60% complete. Oof.
And..... on with the first set of slats, fitted both sides (staggered) to give some privacy but also allow the wind to blow through.
This buddleia magiced itself up out of thin air a few years ago (perhaps 5?) and has had a good life but it's time to go before it topples the adjacent pillar over.
There. Gone. And the holes for the horizontals are cleared out, ready for their replacements. I'm bracing myself for another session tomorrow, cutting them to size and mortaring them in position, then cutting the slats and treating the ends prior to fitting.
And yes, the gates need to be wire brushed, primed and painted. We have a load of the blue paint that was used on the new front door, so the colours should match.
Oh yes, plenty more work to be done.....
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