04-07-2016, 08:18 PM
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fitted wood studs at last
Across the front of the house there are wooden decorative beams , the one across the top of the downstairs window there are wooden studs except the end 2 were missing. This has been annoying me every time I go in the front door so this evening I decided to do something about it
on each end
Easy job thinks I, just cut down a spare broom handle yes? no way, the hole in the beam were bigger with bolts that held the beam to the wall.
I had kept, Sue says I throw nothing out in case it is needed later on,a stake left by the council they pinned the tree reduction application on. Now this was cut into a quarter of a branch so needed rounding off. As I don't own a lathe it was down to using a power drill with a sanding disc attached. after several checks got it to right size and drilled a hole in one end to fit over the bolt.
That is where I have got to as you can see in the photos apart from a bit of mastic to fill any small gaps.
Tomorrow just need painting and job done but Sue want to paint the whole beam .
04-07-2016, 08:32 PM
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the others are not exactly round either, but I take you point and I did sand down the show end a bit to round them off a bit. When painted they hopefully will look the same.It took quite a bit of planeing to get the studs anything like as it was a triangular stake to start with
its 2 years annoyance finally coming to an end. One of those jobs get done when you get around to it. A couple of days ago it was replacing the front door bell push as no visitors could seem to make the bell work.
04-07-2016, 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by realspeed
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the others are not exactly round either, but I take you point and I did sand down the show end a bit to round them off a bit. When painted they hopefully will look the same.It took quite a bit of planeing to get the studs anything like as it was a triangular stake to start with
its 2 years annoyance finally coming to an end. One of those jobs get done when you get around to it. A couple of days ago it was replacing the front door bell push as no visitors could seem to make the bell work.
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04-07-2016, 08:55 PM
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Back with old conservatory
New conservatory top just done
it has taken us 2 years to finally get the place back as it should be (apart from being ill and in/out of hospital last year)and cost a small fortune to do it. Oh blind in conservatory now up
This is the result of 50+ years hard work
Mark
if your ever in the East Sussex area let me know and come and see us
04-07-2016, 09:07 PM
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I'm happy to be alive so my expectations are nicely very low
. A roof over my head and no money worries makes me feel like a King- totally liberated as a result. Still, a cracking house to see the rest of my life out does play on my mind quite a lot. Glad you seem to have your choice of house well sorted.
04-07-2016, 09:19 PM
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MarkIts not what you have to show it is what is inside you that counts.
It is strange but we have only lived here a short time but already one of our neighbours trusts us with their house keys. Others on the road have been here for yonks and hardly speak to each other. That is not me or Sue, we talk to anyone even if just passing the day. Having said that they are still great people and always ready to help.
I always consider a great leveller no matter how rich or less well off one is, we all use have to use the toilet and if stood naked side by side you could not tell one from the other.
I have mixed with oil sheiks and the poorest of the poor and to me the all are treated the same when I worked for BT and still do.
One of the people Sue and I knew very well was someone who worked with Sue. her name was( primpri boomaratapan) that is the nearest I can get to spelling it, we called her prim and her father was the Thailand Ambassador here in the UK. She married Sue's boss at the time. She even invited us to the grand opening In Wimbledon of the main Thai temple for the whole of Europe.
Believe me that was some experience being served by female Embassy staff in national costume. 16 courses later all I wanted to do is go to sleep
Have to add that when Sue and I got engaged we did not have a penny between us ,even church mice had more as Sue even owed money on her car we that poor.
What you see now no way shows the saving and hard graft that went into it, and now mortgage free as well
04-07-2016, 09:44 PM
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Originally Posted by realspeed
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MarkIts not what you have to show it is what is inside you that counts.
It is strange but we have only lived here a short time but already one of our neighbours trusts us with their house keys. Others on the road have been here for yonks and hardly speak to each other. That is not me or Sue, we talk to anyone even if just passing the day. Having said that they are still great people and always ready to help.
I always consider a great leveller no matter how rich or less well off one is, we all use have to use the toilet and if stood naked side by side you could not tell one from the other.
I have mixed with oil sheiks and the poorest of the poor and to me the all are treated the same when I worked for BT and still do.
One of the people Sue and I knew very well was someone who worked with Sue. her name was( primpri boomaratapan) that is the nearest I can get to spelling it, we called her prim and her father was the Thailand Ambassador here in the UK. She married Sue's boss at the time. She even invited us to the grand opening In Wimbledon of the main Thai temple for the whole of Europe.
Believe me that was some experience being served by female Embassy staff in national costume. 16 courses later all I wanted to do is go to sleep
Have to add that when Sue and I got engaged we did not have a penny between us ,even church mice had more as Sue even owed money on her car we that poor.
What you see now no way shows the saving and hard graft that went into it, and now mortgage free as well
.My own story has yet to reach a conclusion - at least I like to think so - mysterious annat
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