11th July 2020
I finally decided to repair the bottom section of the garage door. This had been like it since we bought the place, and at first we tried to buy a new section to replace it, but it had been discontinued.
Over the years the weather had got in and rotted the bottom edge so it looked a bit tatty.
I had bought some treated timber last week, so it was a good day to work on it.
Greer and Kelli were planning a pool party, which meant I could carry on uninterrupted.
I did an inspection and the rot was a little worse than I originally thought.
Each panel was made with a textured skin of hardboard on a soft wood frame with expanded polystyrene as the core.
The outer skin had delaminated along the bottom edge, so all that had to be cut away.
That was a difficult job, and the heat reflected off the door was uncomfortable . All the time I could hear laughter and splashing about and generally merriment, and I was just sweating.
After a few hours I finished screwing the new wood strip to the door, and decided that the hole filling can wait till tomorrow.
Another Lifetime to go 