Day 2562 Highly pressured

19th August 2024

I thought it was time for me to take an outdoor shower, yes it was time to pressure wash the north side of the house.

There is no method I have found to avoid getting soaked.

There is a certain satisfaction in washing off the green stuff and revealing the clean siding underneath.

I started early, even before breakfast, and whilst Kelli was washing her hair, I was also getting mine wet.

It is also an opportunity to use my three stage extending ladder that I alway wrestle with. It has these safety clips that have a mind of their own.

The answer is to get it the right way up, then it works perfectly.

I remembered how to connect the pressure washer, the hose that connects to the nozzle it’s quite stiff and difficult to handle, but I persevered and got everything clean.

The activity in the garage got off to a slow start, there are a number of pieces awaiting our attention, so a masterclass of drawer front stripping went into top gear.

I also needed to repair damaged drawer fronts from the two side tables.

Late afternoon I drove down to Elaine’s to do a final check of the template for the ornamentation above her front porch.

Thank goodness it fitted, and all the other details agreed.

Then we spent time going through the masses of timber she had stored around her property. Her late husband was a bit of a collector/ border, and had amassed timber of all kinds. Selecting some pine planks I loaded them into the truck and headed home, tired and hungry.