Hi Folks.......... - Another weekend starts & hopefully plenty of progress.
Once again this last week has been a total failure in getting much done, again due to my health, but at times the Black Dog has got the better of my as I am down about not getting anything done, I suppose it gave the Black Dog an easy way in to attack me............
Updated - Jobs pencilled in till Sunday
Boy has this list grown !!
I will delete completed jobs a week after they are finished !
Green - Completed job
purple - job in progress
Yellow - Job Description
Blue - new jobs added or not started
1. Buy more 2x3 from Andrews - Done 07/03
1A.
1B.
2. cut n fit bed head board panel to driver side side of van - Started 25/02
2A.
2B. glue foot panel board passenger side in place - Started 25/02
3. Measure & Cut front 9mm ply panel for bed - Started 25/02
3A. Measure & cut storage hole in 9mm ply for bed -
3B Fit & secure bed front 9mm panel -
5. add extra supports to mount the sink. - hopefully be completed next Monday
6. Panel the bulkhead battery frame work.
7.
8. Get MDF from old bed from green shed and cut to fit the bed frame -
9. Paint the Passengers side rear wheel panel - started 11/02
10. need some material for bed header cover - use some DODO insulation as filler -
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13. inside kitchen cupboard by bed, need strengthening, so we can bolt the kitchen and the bed together - Started 11/03
14. make base for bathroom sink 9mm ply -
15.
16. measure and cut 1st roof panel 3mm ply - just some clips to add
17. Finally screw roof panel into place. - Panel clips have arrived
18. install sink tap & waist pipe - REMOVED to install wall boarding
18A. 2nd panel run light wires thru roof frame. -
18B. 3rd panel run light wires thru roof frame. -
18C. 4th Panel run light wires thru roof frame. -
19. scobby doo's for blue cover for Mattress to protect it. BROUGHT 10/03
20. mount bathroom sink extra mounts -
21. bring mattress down, when bed frame is made
22. add mount points to transit frame for bed frame - started 11/03
23. re-assemble the framework onto raised toilet area -
24. sand back to bottom of the bathroom wall, so panels match the upright
25. Paint the Drivers side rear wheel panel -
26. - put bathroom door frame back. -
27. remove grill from kitchen unit and repair and put back - Removed, Lynne has started washing it.
28. water pumps screw to back of kitchen unit -
29. remove sink and drainage board -
30 buy some sealant gaskets for kitchen unit and install - arrived - not yet ready to use
31. refit cooker & sink & drainage board -
32. move kitchen to its final location - Now needs Bolting in place (25th/02)
33. bolt the kitchen in place. - Started 11/03
34.
35. drivers side wheel wheel build framework & board over - Started 26/02 Framework finished - Just needs boarding.
37. Passenger side wheel wheel build framework & board over - Started 02/03
38. Cut passenger side floor batton.
39. Rear Drivers side sound proofed bottom half - Finished!! 25/02
40. Added DODO insulation and more sound proofing - Finished!! 25/02
41. Cut out storage hole in bed side panel. -
42. needs sanding and prepping for painting white -
43. Paint the panel -
44. Buy large tin of white silk paint - done 10/03
45.
46.
47. Add guide lines for storage containers to floor -
48. needs prepping for paint
49. Paint
50.
51.
52. Buy extra Containers needed for under bed storage. -
53. Measure area and test fit Generator (remove when tested) -
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39. Kev's workshop - Make some brackets and install roof rack on roof of transit. (Funds ring fenced) - Booked in on Tuesday 14th Feb.
39A. Kev's workshop - If time and funds allow, get water tanks installed underneath and plumbed into the back. (have some funds available but I know it will not be enough!) - Booked in on Tuesday 14th Feb.
Double Bonus job, to have worked out and cut the bed frame & have it mounted!
After a quick discussion of what we hope to do today,
we start with screwing this last baton home.
As I could not find the charger yesterday we used the electric drill instead.
We still have some covering to do, but that will be done later, possible when I am on my own.
The new batch of 3x2s are actually 4x2s, not fussed as I paid 3x2 prices :) :)
We cut 5 of them for the bed rails, and sit them out of the way.
The rest, I am not sure where they will be used, so we cannot cut them to length.
So we move them over the bed side boarding, so they are out of our way.
We then moved the sheets of 3 & 9mm ply to the other side of the van, luckily it is not raining as about 6" stick outside the door.
So we put this 9mm board to one side, as I think we will be using it soon!
We need to move these boards, so we can get to the kitchen unit, so we can carry on working.
Before we can carry on, we need to have a bit of a tidy up of bits that have fallen off the kitchen unit.
Discussing our next move, which unfortunately means we have to remove some items we have stored in the bathroom.
Before we can bolt the bed in place, we need to bolt the kitchen unit to the bathroom wall.
But unfortunately when we covered up the bathroom wall, I forgot to mark were the holes for the sink were drilled.
Luckily one of them misses the kitchen unit, so I drill a hole using that.
Remember that off-cut of 9mm ply ?
Well we are gonna slide it between the kitchen unit and the bathroom wall.
So we cut it to fit and after a quick plane, we start to slide it in place.
Whilst tapping a small off-cut of wood to tap the 9mm board in place, the rubber mallet handle broke!!
We still get the board in place, and the 2nd sink hole bolt drilled thru into the kitchen unit.
Time for meds now, as good a time as any, as we need to get the threaded bars, which are in the living room.
Back in 20
We are back, but the rain and the coldness outside, mean we cannot carry on for today!.
So we decide to do some painting instead.
It did require us to move some stuff around, but it's a small price to pay.
Lynne is masking up around the foot board, so as not to paint the green..
Whilst I sit on the other side of the bed, and start to paint the bed frames.
As usual we will give everything 2-4 coats of paint.
Altho we hope to add some foam and material to cover the foot board part of this panel, we paint it all.
As we are unlikely gonna get that done for quiet a while yet..
I cannot paint anymore, other wise Lynne will not be able to get out.
But that is the 1st coat on 3 of the frames. One side is yet to be painted.
Lynne is doing a grand job, it's only the 1st coat, but already looks brighter and more cheerful.
That's were we call it a day, as Emma & Timmy will be video calling soon, and it is tea time...
Ok we was not planning on doing any painting today, as we are not ready for it, but having said that it will save some time later on, as it will already be done.
As it is my birthday tomorrow, and I do not know what is happening, I will say that anything that gets done will be a bonus.
A bit of a let down this weekend, as I was hoping we would get a lot more done, but if my stomach is too bad and my eyesight is not good, then its wise to just rest until it all improves.
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