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Phew! What a week so far...!
A real #csb with no photos.
That seatbelt pouch sold instantly to a guy locally. Probably the last thing I’ve made, as it’s been a monster ordeal since.
The mountain bike has been taking up loads of my time and energy - suddenly my commute is longer and more enjoyable, but orders of magnitude more knackering. Have been out daily and testing trails as the shed was way too cold to work in since the temperature drop.
A few days ago we finally got to Wickes and bought insulation. I hear all the cries about the choice, but the Therma-whatever foil bubble wrap was on special and required no special equipment nor risk to my eyes, skin or lungs. So that has gone up. After an exhausting move of everything away from walls and back again, the shed looked a little like a drug-growing operation, or some kinda space blanket fortress. Some lightweight 3mm panels have started going up to cover the walls and give the impression of a plain white wall. It’s so far not pretty... but it’s working.
The white faced board is warping where it’s so thin, and where the gaps between beams are too wide for the pieces. I must tape along the seams and then maybe paper over the top, totally negating the purpose of the white facing. Whatever. So far I have two walls that are not reflecting silver into my eyeballs. The room is starting to feel light, and it warms immediately, and stays warm longer. Ideal.
Not so ideal, everything has been moved a half dozen times, and it is all very, very heavy. A few injuries later, and I have also had to climb into the loft to place humane-ish poison for the mice that have woken me up during my much-needed sleep.
Mum goes in for another major op next week so we have been fighting against the clock to get a number of things sorted in the house, not least removing the penny arcade from its space in the spare room (and the mtb, too). As a result I have compressed everything in the shed to make space for it. I really must sell it some time, but it will soon be in the shed for the foreseeable future.
So, a bit of an apology to the guys waiting for me to make stuff for them - been an exhausting few weeks anyway, and this last week or so has been non-stop. With the op next week and then picking up the slack during her recovery, I may be slower on the making.