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@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Here's a little reminder of what we started with.
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{title: "Before", src: s("hallfront-before.jpg")}, {title: "Before", src: s("hallfront-before.jpg")},
{title: "Before", src: s("hallback-before.jpg")}, {title: "Before", src: s("hallback-before.jpg")},
{title: "Before todo", src: s(".jpg")}, {title: "Before we moved in", src: s("hall-before-before.jpg")},
]} /> ]} />
Not too terrible from a distance. Not too terrible from a distance.
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ Whilst Simon was off in Sicily (potentially committing airport arson?), we had o
<Solocard title="⚡+ 💦 = 🔥 (+ horrible smells)" src={s("zapped-thermostat.jpg")} /> <Solocard title="⚡+ 💦 = 🔥 (+ horrible smells)" src={s("zapped-thermostat.jpg")} />
Luckily the only damage was to the thermostat and that was easily replaced - but it was a nice opportunity to ask them to replace it with a white one which then would match better with the hallway. (Previously we had a black one that would have matched the master bathroom fittings, had it been inside the master bathroom 🤦) Luckily the only damage was to the thermostat and that was easily replaced - but it was a nice opportunity to ask them to replace it with a white one which then would match better with the hallway. (Previously we had a black one that would have matched the master bathroom fittings, had it been inside the master bathroom 🤦)
Once Simon got back and Will had explained what happened we were treated to a few trademan's stories of fires in lath-and-plaster walls that were started by plumbers soldering, or electrical faults 😬. Apparently it's very hard to put out a fire you can't access. Fortunately, Bath stone is less flammable, but it did make us go and check that we knew where our fire extinguisher was 🧯 Once Simon got back and Will had explained what happened we were treated to a few trademan's stories of fires in lath-and-plaster walls that were started by plumbers soldering, or electrical faults 😬. Apparently it's very hard to put out a fire you can't access. Fortunately, Bath stone is less flammable, but it did make us go and check that we knew where our fire extinguisher was 🧯
@@ -134,6 +133,8 @@ We think the hallway looks so much better but it's currently very bare and imper
<Cards images={[ <Cards images={[
{title: "Looks lovely 😄", src: s("hall-done-1.jpg")}, {title: "Looks lovely 😄", src: s("hall-done-1.jpg")},
{title: "Looks lovely 😄", src: s("hall-done-2.jpg")},
{title: "Looks lovely 😄", src: s("hall-done-3.jpg")},
]} /> ]} />
## Garden Plants ## Garden Plants
@@ -154,6 +155,8 @@ Whilst at the garden centre, we bought some herbs for the kitchen balconet 'brea
{title: "The 🪄 water wizards 🪄 that look after our plants when we're away", src: s("water-wizards.jpg")}, {title: "The 🪄 water wizards 🪄 that look after our plants when we're away", src: s("water-wizards.jpg")},
]} /> ]} />
It's been really good seeing the garden getting tamed and being able to start influencing it ourselves.
## Garden Gate ## Garden Gate
Our garden gate has been getting steadily less and less secure. The lock was dangling by a single screw in a slowly rotting screwhole and would probably have given way with a good shove or a slight breeze. We thought this less than ideal, so we bought a new garden gate lock. It was a bit annoying to install, avoiding existing rusty screws and holes and the doorframe, but we managed it with (on average) half our tempers lost. Our garden gate has been getting steadily less and less secure. The lock was dangling by a single screw in a slowly rotting screwhole and would probably have given way with a good shove or a slight breeze. We thought this less than ideal, so we bought a new garden gate lock. It was a bit annoying to install, avoiding existing rusty screws and holes and the doorframe, but we managed it with (on average) half our tempers lost.
@@ -182,11 +185,11 @@ Ozzy still picks his shoes up and goes upstairs to put his shoes on. Habits are
## Tusks ## Tusks
The 3d printer has come in clutch many times during our house renovation - see the wifi backbox (link?) - but it also has uses for the frivolous. On the list of prints has been proper tusks for our elephant toilet who has been dealing with split ends for a long time. The 3d printer has come in clutch many times during our house renovation - remember the <a href='/week5-6#ethernet'>electrical backbox</a> - but it also has uses for the frivolous. On the list of prints has been proper tusks for our elephant toilet who has been dealing with split ends for a long time.
<Cards images={[ <Cards images={[
{title: "Printing", src: s("tusks.jpg")}, {title: "Printing", src: s("tusks.jpg")},
{title: "#todo", src: s("gardengate2.jpg")}, {title: "Looking smarter than ever", src: s("toilet.jpg")},
]} /> ]} />
Every so often I wonder whether the 3d printer was worth it and do some sort of cost-benefit analysis of printing vs buying. Now that I can print elephant tusks I think I've covered the entire cost of the printer in a single print 🐘 Every so often I wonder whether the 3d printer was worth it and do some sort of cost-benefit analysis of printing vs buying. Now that I can print elephant tusks I think I've covered the entire cost of the printer in a single print 🐘
@@ -205,8 +208,8 @@ So we bought some anyway with our personal fun money.
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{title: "Down", src: s("kayak-down.jpg")}, {title: "📦 Down 📦", src: s("kayak-down.jpg")},
{title: "Up", src: s("kayak-up.jpg")}, {title: "🛶 Up 🛶", src: s("kayak-up.jpg")},
{title: "Pub on the river", src: s("kayak-pub.jpg")}, {title: "Pub on the river", src: s("kayak-pub.jpg")},
]} /> ]} />
@@ -219,9 +222,9 @@ This also means we have a spare inflatable tandem kayak if anyone wants to come
It's been really interesting having people round again to do work. I must admit that my patience for them has gone down considerably compared to the last major projects. I think this is because 1) They were very much in the way all the time, and 2) There were no interesting techniques or cool tools It's been really interesting having people round again to do work. I must admit that my patience for them has gone down considerably compared to the last major projects. I think this is because 1) They were very much in the way all the time, and 2) There were no interesting techniques or cool tools
As a final sign-off, Nikki will be running the Bath Half Marathon this October and her runner's kit has just arrived in the post. If you feel like sponsoring her, she's raising money for <a href="https://www.justgiving.com/page/nicola-osborne-1692702949098">the Brain Tumor charity</a> in memory of Laurie Brokenshire. As a final sign-off, Nikki will be running the Bath Half Marathon this October and her runner's kit has just arrived in the post. If you feel like sponsoring her, she's raising money for <a href="https://www.justgiving.com/page/nicola-osborne-1692702949098" target='_blank'>the Brain Tumor charity</a> in memory of Laurie Brokenshire.
<Solocard title="Looks all official and stuff #todo" src={s("tusks.jpg")} /> <Solocard title="Looks all official and stuff" src={s("race.jpg")} />
See you next time! See you next time!