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| Tuesday, November 14, 2006 |
| The Paving |
Or, Things I Hate
1. Water pipes laid 5cm below the surface
2. Water pipes laid 5cm below the surface AND embedded in concrete at one end
3. Stormwater drains distorted from years of lying under heavy dirt & concrete, so they do not fit into the connectors
4. Stormwater pipes that, once made to fit through careful filing and levering, do not quite go all the way in to the connector before the glue sets
5. Insufficient staff at Mitre 10, so it takes 1.5 hours to purchase 6 pieces of timber
6. Brothers-in-law who promise to come over in 1 hour with the car that has a towbar so we can use it to collect the timber from Mitre 10 using the free loan trailer, but actually arrive 2 hours later
7. Levelling gravel to lay drainage
8. Laying drainage and discovering the gravel is not level
9. Re-levelling gravel
10. Repeat from 7.
11. Finally laying the drainage only to discover that the carefully cut holes in the guttering do not line up with the painstakingly installed stormwater pipe connector. Despite having been extremely cautious.
12. Applying brute force to make the drainage connect, and, once successful, accidentally dislodging it whilst trying to make it perfect
13. Paint "experts" who tell you that two small tins will be plenty to do 2 coats over 6 square metres, when it actually does about 3/4 of the area. Once.
And Finally:
14. Finishing Day Two on a project that was originally estimated to require a day-and-a-half, but still being only half-way through the work.
Oh, and yes - I have pictures. I did mean to post them as we went, but I haven't. |
posted by Ata @ 7:21 pm  |
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I don't know whether to interpret the lack of further updates as a Good Sign or as a Bad Sign.
I prefer to think of you sitting on your new lounge, gazing at your completed handiwork with a sense of complete satisfaction.
Let it be so.
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I don't know whether to interpret the lack of further updates as a Good Sign or as a Bad Sign.
I prefer to think of you sitting on your new lounge, gazing at your completed handiwork with a sense of complete satisfaction.
Let it be so.