more wall, and a some roof!!!

happy easter all. we have been sooo busy. Lev finally got a chance to start on the roof. He spent a day just prepping for the big job. Then removed a quarter of the roof, one flat side. The tin that came down was so corroded and weak it wasn't funny. Then Lev put down some insualtion on the part that they hadn't already done. Then he laid the sisalation and finally put the tin back on. It all took 3 days. It took a bit extra because there was a rotten beam that needed replacing and he did some wiring because our new kitchen is going to go underneath. Here's the pics.

old rotten tin.





you can see the rotten beam... this is before insulation. lev did some wiring.

added insulation.

sisalation added.





new tin.


So lev's currently having a few beers with his friend after his big job. Well deserved. Meanwhile I had a stab at painting our front wall which Lev finished building. I painted the slats brown and it looks great. We've had a few issues with the green paint of the render. Firstly a certain person bought interior paint, not exterior (we're going to use it anyway, it's too expensive) then secondly, it sort of didn't turn out to be the right colour. But shh, don't tell anyone. Maybe no one will notice. It's just so hard to pick the right colour based on those stupid little cards against a rendered wall.

night session.

julia's turn.



nearly finished!



Lev built a wall.

Hello all. Been such a slow couple of weeks due to the horrid amounts of rain we've had. As well as discovering a few leaks in the roof (we've got the iron, just need some good weather), we also discovered some drainage issues in the yard. Here's a look.

we'll eventually cement most of this in and make a carport.

vegie garden drowning. not cool.

But despite all the rain Lev has still been working away at his wall. It's been a lengthy process because he'll start rendering and then it'll start to rain and he'll whip out his trusty airforce tarp, stand on the veranda and wait. But funnily enough, I said in the last blog we decided to do the wall to keep stray dogs out, but over the weekend we had our friends little staffy over for a sleepover, and the walls new job was to keep the dog in. The kids had a ball playing with Bella, she kept Jules and Abel busy for hours, while Illy looked on in constant fear. But she's getting better.

But back to the wall. Here's some pics and I'll get Lev to add his little bit about it all tomorrow night when he's not sleeping.

slowly rendering.



all it needs now is a bit of paint.

 And to conclude, I was walking up those god forsaken stairs to pick up a screaming child and kicked my little toe. I looked down and saw it was sticking out all wrong. It's so broken. It's the toe at the end of the bone I broke last time. It's bruised, swollen and really bloody hurts, and I feel really stupid.