The shed has been re-roofed, and the two visible sides painted. This job started last Monday when Andrew was at home and able to help. After removing the roof, I found significant tree damage and had to replace the supporting timbers. The covering timbers were tarred (with a modern day adhesive) and new felt stuck on, and the edges nailed to the supporting timbers. There is still some tidying up to do. Somehow these jobs seem never ending and never get quite finished properly.
I also painted the boards and the rendering on the front of the house. We started this on Tuesday, and applied the first coat using ladders, and a brush on a stick to get over the porch. On Wednesday I decided to get some new ladders that would allow adjustments to the height I needed, but met a friend, who loaned me a tower. That made things much easier, and I completed the second coat on Thursday without help.
Friday saw completion of the painting outside, and in the porch, and some tidying up in the garden. See to the left of the shed above. Jo was busy all day taking pieces of tree to the recycling plant.
It is always pleasing to see a job 'completed', but I am always led to think about how long it will last - almost always 'not long enough'.
Today it's back to something that, I hope, will have eternal significance, if only a very, very little significance - I'm preparing my sermon for next Sunday. That will be over in a week, and forgotten by most people in two weeks, but something, however small, will last a lot longer.
"The pen is mightier than the paint brush" - no that doesn't really work does it.
Aww, good job Dad! House looks really clean on the outside now!
ReplyDeleteYou mean to say that cleaning and fixing up the shed has no eternal significance?
ReplyDeleteI plan to show your post to my wife!