Tales From the Box

BRDAY +51

I feel bad for not noting the half century of the box renovation. We have reached day 51 since work first began and today marked another big day.

With the promise of a cooked lunch featuring both processed meat and chunks of cow, the tradies were in early, hoping to polish off the work for today and perhaps leave a bit earlier than the post 6pm finishes of the last few days.

On the agenda – to complete the cladding, fit the temporary stairs (using the old ones from the front deck), finish the sarking, finish the stud walls upstairs, rip out more of the old masonite interior walling upstairs and cover in the old front door. This was in addition to the delivery of enough Gyprock to sink a battleship, plus the entire house being insulated (celings and walls ).

The lunch was a welcome break however with the frenetic activity around the box – work continued until the sun was low in the sky.