Hello! Happy Sunday :) The stove, while working, moved. The old door with a new front isn't snug, and it requires a little shove. So on Monday I cleaned 3 brackets for bolting it down, picked up the lower door and painted the lot, including another coat on the
Hello! And happy November :) The flue arrived on Monday, advertised at 125m overall diameter (OD) which I knew would be tight, but should fit. Anyways it arrived 125mm internal diameter (ID) with a 1.5mm wall. It in fact did not fit, but I tried. Alas. So I ordered the
Hello! Happy Sunday, it's feckin' cold. On Monday I started tiling the hearth, mixed the adhesive and realised you can't score and snap slate... I broke one tile, then picked up a wet tile cutter (thanks mum!) and acquired a new diamond blade. On Tuesday
Hello! Happy Sunday :) I got back to the boat late on Monday, and the next day was sink plumbing, connecting the tap and an inline water filter. It's a bit of a rube, and the u-bend is strictly unnecessary and the wrong way around, but I need it
Hello! Happy Sunday :) I am and have been in Budapest this weekend, which was a great mini deadline to get shit done. Monday I dropped off the stove for sand-blasting and bolted the worktops together, then on Tuesday sanded them down for oiling with a helping hand from the broski:
Hello! Happy Sunday :) "I'll make sure it has the illusion of a straight cut" I said, about the sink cutout. That was a lie, and I spent a long ol' while sanding the edges to make it nice, which I could not. It was a
Hello! It's reached that point of the year where I'm having cold showers to warm up; the difference between days with and without sunlight is huge. On the plus side they're excellent practice in surrendering to the present. The cold present... Anyway, you know
Hello, happy Sunday! I almost forgot about the boat today, I find myself in New Jersey seeing family this weekend, but I did make some progress on the kitchen! Firstly was to finish the end panels, cutting them to size and screwing them in. I started with the washing machine,
Hello! Happy Sunday :) I'm currently regretting not writing this as I went this week, it's time for bed. But! On Monday I went to help dad tape up part of his boat for insulating, and before leaving I finally re-filled the greaser for the stern tube:
Hello, and happy September! T'is getting cold... about that wood burner, but first I have a kitchen to fit. And thank god it didn't arrive on Monday, although something about work expanding to fit the time available for its completion — it arrived today, and I only
Hello! Happy Sunday :) It's Sunday. For a hot minute I forgot there's a boat to finish, I'm trying to remember what actually happened this week... I did reseal one of the kitchen windows, fixing the most egregious leak, but the rest of it I
Hello! I got back from Denmark late on Wednesday, after a lot of driving. En route we stopped by Ribe and the viking centre (turns out I need archery practice), and then Münster in Germany for a night. Seeing the cages on the church where the leaders of the Anabaptist
