Ramblings
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Structural issues, more damp
Well, it turns out it’s a good thing I asked the builder to strip the kitchen interior wall (shared with the living room); that rotted bit of wood that we thought only held up the steps above it also holds up the RSJ that braces the bedroom floor, the balcony joists, and the roof at…
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Opening up the nook, rotten wood, why is the bathroom so high?
Yesterday morning, I suggest to the builder that if it would make it easier, he could strip the final wall in the kitchen, so that the plasterboard would be flush from one end to the other. Who tell me say that? Anyway, half of the wet wall (ie, the wall to the outside where the…
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Making progress everywhere
Well, the hot cylinder is moving to under the boiler, the boiler is coming off of the current wall and moving on to the wall next to it (90 degree turn), all the piping and motorised valves have to move, the bathroom for bedroom 3 is covered in tile backer board (insulated, concrete).. something has…
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Snubbers and rubbers
One of the slightly irritating things about Blue Opal is that she’s fairly heavy, and when on a pontoon, her weight plus windage plus mooring warps can equate to “squeak, creak, jerk”. It also equates to her teak toerail caps being worn down by the ropes as the rub. A bit of searching, and I…
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Raspberry Pis are everywhere