Yet more financial faux pas and many other disasterous decisions

Mags_cat

moo2moo wrote: »

The slab is made up of 2" thick paving stones on top of 1" of sand and 6" of hardcore to allow for drainage and its raised a foot above the surrounding ground to ensure that happens. The shed itself has been liberally slarted with 30l of farm strength creosote applied with a pressure lance inside and out at least three times in the hopes of keeping out the worst of the weather. And just to make sure its totally weather tight the roof has 25l of liquid tar spread over it before the roofing felt was applied at double thickness with the overlaps and edges sealed with more tar.

When the bomb drops, people - everyone round to moo's OH's shed!

If you also lined the windows with Lakeland tinfoil it'd probably withstand the blast :rotfl:

moo2moo

Mags_cat wrote: »

When the bomb drops, people - everyone round to moo's OH's shed!

If you also lined the windows with Lakeland tinfoil it'd probably withstand the blast :rotfl:

Darn. Wish I'd thought of that. It would have saved hours of scrubbing baked on creosote off the glass.

I was considering renting it out for the Olympics, after all we're only 2 hours by super fast train to the big smoke, theres the small matter of the hour it will take in gridlock to get to the nearest fast track station despite it not being all that far away and a shortage of sensibly priced train tickets for the duration but they are minor glitches.

Hopefully by the end of today most of the internal wiring will be in. Not that you can see the floor at the mo as its still covered in detritus from the previous days shed clearance, but the OH isn't going to let a little thing like that get in his way.

Meanwhile the handbag is finally dry and I can attach the handles. Have to wait for the OH to go back to work before I'll get chance to do that in peace.

Still clueless what I'm doing in work over the summer, my boss hasn't been particularly helpful with his instruction to "spruce the place up a bit" focussing on the main corridors which I refuse to do anything about whilst the summer rentals are in the building which means leaving that to the last week along with hall floor polishing despite working v. minimal hours that end of the holidays. May well end up being there far more than I want to be. At least it means I'll have holiday left over for October half term. So much for reducing my hours. Bah.

Need to do much laundry and a spot of tidying as man tat has taken onver the house again. I suspect a trip to the tip is in order along with an E-bay listing spree. Fun fun fun!

chevalier

The shed tetris sounds 'fun' not! But still glad to see it is happening. Is your OH also amazed about how big the house is without all the carp in it?

Trying_to_be_good

moo2moo wrote: »

The slab is made up of 2" thick paving stones on top of 1" of sand and 6" of hardcore to allow for drainage and its raised a foot above the surrounding ground to ensure that happens. The shed itself has been liberally slarted with 30l of farm strength creosote applied with a pressure lance inside and out at least three times in the hopes of keeping out the worst of the weather. And just to make sure its totally weather tight the roof has 25l of liquid tar spread over it before the roofing felt was applied at double thickness with the overlaps and edges sealed with more tar.

Thanks, moo - and I thought we'd gone industrial with our shed!

moo2moo

and so after an entire day schlepping boxes I have filled the wheelie bin, the car boot twice and I have unearthed the floor in land rover land to the point I could mop it in its entirety which is something I haven't been able to do since about 1995. Despite all that theres still tons of tat to sort through and rehome and I've run out of space... temporarily I might add.... to shove it. Now waiting for OH to finish cabling the new shed which means a trip up into the loft where I intend to shove a couple of the larger items.... and then he can build his workbench with more storage space underneath in order to shove a whole lot more tat. Perhaps then I'll finally be able to dismantle the shelving thats in the house.

Today will be spent listing a couple of bits on E-bay and doing the housework that I haven't managed to do thus far this week. Also need to venture into work for an hour to clean the holiday club, something I've been avoiding since Friday evening. Will also cram in a spot of hedge trimming and if I get the chance I'll have a go at finishing the handbag.

Feeling most positive about life!

Wordsmith

Good to hear all that positivity, moo. The clear-out seems to be quite cathartic. Clear-outs usually are ... although yours does sound rather a monster one, but then it seems to be having a monster effect, too. It's good to hear!

moo2moo

Whoooo hoooooo OH came home from work and did something other than sit around on his behind for the remainder of the day.

The wiring of the shed is progressing slowly. Most of the protective plastic conduit is in. I suspect I will be roped into assisting with the threading of many cables through the conduit and its many right angled bends. OH has done a lovly job of glueing all the joins, just hope hes remembered that we have to dismantle some of them to get the right cables to the right sockets. Somehow I doubt this.

Meanwhile I mowed the lawn, trimmed all the hedges at the front of the house much to the disgust of the next door neighbour who claims I've made the front of his house look like an eyesore. Given that his hedge is now almost 8 feet wider than our and three feet higher thats no big surprise.

Managed to list four large items on flea bay. Had a few smaller ones to do but didn't get round to them, not that it matters as I'll bung them all on at 99p just to get rid of them... just need to find the enthusiasm to list them.

Another small bag of tat bagged up ready to go. Have a couple of things to shove on Freecycle and a huge pile of gloves to go through in the hopes of finding a couple of matching pairs for next winter. Also plan to dismantle the pallets littering the front garden and the drive in order to start tidying up the front of the house .I still have quite a bit of rubble to get rid of before I can start levelling the little bit of it that I can get to, hopefully will get rid of that by the end of the summer.

Next on the agenda is the dumping ground formerly referred to as Land Rover land. Its still full of tat but not as full as it once was. Planning to tackle a shelf a day until its clear and I can dismantle the shelving units, clean the mold off the walls, sand the filler that didn't get sanded prior to OH deciding to shelve the room and then perhaps I can finally finish decorating it. That would be a huge improvement. In the interim I'll settle for getting rid of the giant cobwebs which make it look like a derelict haunted house.

NorthernLas

Could OH not tackle the washing mountain ... or is he not to be trusted? :rotfl:

NL x

(long term reader and lurker)

moo2moo

NorthernLas wrote: »

Could OH not tackle the washing mountain ... or is he not to be trusted? :rotfl:

NL x

(long term reader and lurker)

He'd used the tried and tested male method of laundry duties namely grab a handful of laundry from the top of the basket and cram into machine until its no longer possible to cram any more in, then wedge a couple of other things in there anyway. Unrolling sleeves, emptying pockets and sorting colours is time that could be better spent examining the inside of ones eyelids. Pour the contents of the nearest bottle from the cleaning cupboard into which ever slot in the mahine drawer you feel like. Spin the wheel and hit the go button. This is why we've had entire loads washed in fabric conditioner at 90 degrees on the lowest spin speed possible with a pre-wash and an extra long rinse. Its guaranteed to be a load full of whites with the odd red sock in it.

He's previously washed the laminate floors using bleach and a gazillion other "helpful things". At least now I've stopped buying washing machine tablets he can't use them in the dishwasher any more.

Sweet FA achieved so far although I have spun a very uniform hank of double knit wool and I've decluttered half a box of posh choccies.... suppose getting dressed is next on the list of things to achieve before lunch.

moo2moo

Much more tidying achieved. Minimal amounts of ironing done. Managed 7 hours at work yesterday then walked in the door to enough chinese take out to feed a ravenous five-a-side footie team and most of their supporters.

Hoping to get the first load of laundry on the line before dropping the DDs at the sports centre for a day crammed full of energy zapping activities. If they like it I'll book them in again as its a tenner a day cheaper than any other form of childcare in the area. Wish I'd found out about it sooner.

Further progress in the shed means half the cables are in the conduit. Another day and hopefully the shed will be ready to connect up which means the loft needs emptying soon. Bah.

Have bids on some of the E-bay tat. Haven't got round to listing any more but really should. Just need to find the time and enthusiasm to do it. Still haven't sewn up the tea cosy I fnished last week. Lacking the get up and go to do stuff like that.

OH is getting more and more excited about his new toy shed and the things he'll be able to achieve in it. Keep trying to tell him that whilst its fab that he'll have the capability to build all manner of wonderous things there are certain things I'd rather buy... the spinning wheel being the major example. I have no doubt that its possible to obtain plans from the internet in order to build one out of plastic tubing but I *want* a proper one. Stomps foot.