28th April 2019
House renovation Day 1
The family finally handed us the keys around noon. The old curtains and blinds were down by 12.30pm. The sunlight burst through the windows like a heavenly chorus of singing angels. We were on a roll, the carpets and underlay quickly followed, by 6.30pm we stopped for dinner. In a short time we had removed every bracket, nail and staple.
I started to open up the packs of wood flooring. There were many different sizes in each pack, so I made piles according to size. It seemed to take me ages to open, stack and fold the carton flat, but when we did a tally of my efforts it only accounted for seven boxes, so only fifty three to go.
Just before we called it a day, Kelli wanted to see what was behind a wood panel on the front door. Whatever it was, was not intended to be removed easily. After removing screws, and beading, the panel would not move. There were more screws hidden beneath filler that had to be dug out. Eventually the wooden panel was removed to expose a hundred holes. The door, when new, had small decorative panels attached the steel skin. At some time these were removed and the holes were covered with a plywood panel, so by removing, I had the task of filling the holes with Bondo.
In future I will have to curtail Kelli’s curiosity until after we have finished the main work, although that would be really hard to do.
Another Lifetime to go 