The are certain advantages to being an old bloke living alone..
Some tasks are very definitely weather dependent, varnishing for example. Unless the item being varnished is inside in the dry, it really is a waste of time hoping that wet or even cold damp conditions will not turn the finished varnish into a DIY disaster.
I spent two days with the boom and mainsail yard off my Boat outside in the garden, sanding and scraping away preparing them for varnish and painting. Then the rain came....I quickly threw an old tarp over them and waited for Mother Nature to have a change of mood. Ha! Three days of damp breezes and occasional showers later I gave up..
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Open the sash window in the sitting room and carefully feed the 12 foot Boom through the window taking care to rest one end on the bookcase while you dash in through the back door and haul the boom into the room. It fits with a little space to spare. Next comes the main yard, only 8 foot..easy.. although I did poke the Venitian Blind on the other window..no damage.
Spread an old tarp over settee and carpet, suspend one end on the kitchen door knob and the other hanging on a lashing from the bookcase and let varnishing commence...
Brew time and I got very annoyed with myself for lack of forward planning though, at least at first, as I climbed out through the sitting room window and in through the back door to the kitchen because some idiot had hung wet varnished Spars on the Kitchen door handle so I couldn't get through the door....
Problem solved when I found a Clothes Airer frame to replace the Kitchen door handle as a hanging point.
Cottage smelled like a Boat Yard for two days..
Today I re-rigged my Boat, too windy to hoist the sail properly as a strong gust would have had the trailer sailing round the Boat Yard, but at least most of the job is complete ready for summer adventures.
Some tasks are very definitely weather dependent, varnishing for example. Unless the item being varnished is inside in the dry, it really is a waste of time hoping that wet or even cold damp conditions will not turn the finished varnish into a DIY disaster.
I spent two days with the boom and mainsail yard off my Boat outside in the garden, sanding and scraping away preparing them for varnish and painting. Then the rain came....I quickly threw an old tarp over them and waited for Mother Nature to have a change of mood. Ha! Three days of damp breezes and occasional showers later I gave up..
..Open the sash window in the sitting room and carefully feed the 12 foot Boom through the window taking care to rest one end on the bookcase while you dash in through the back door and haul the boom into the room. It fits with a little space to spare. Next comes the main yard, only 8 foot..easy.. although I did poke the Venitian Blind on the other window..no damage.
Spread an old tarp over settee and carpet, suspend one end on the kitchen door knob and the other hanging on a lashing from the bookcase and let varnishing commence...
Brew time and I got very annoyed with myself for lack of forward planning though, at least at first, as I climbed out through the sitting room window and in through the back door to the kitchen because some idiot had hung wet varnished Spars on the Kitchen door handle so I couldn't get through the door....
Problem solved when I found a Clothes Airer frame to replace the Kitchen door handle as a hanging point.
Cottage smelled like a Boat Yard for two days..
Today I re-rigged my Boat, too windy to hoist the sail properly as a strong gust would have had the trailer sailing round the Boat Yard, but at least most of the job is complete ready for summer adventures.
