We are three and a half years on from moving house and while most of the landscaping is done, the quantity of cut vegetation needing disposal is...
Both of mine were full the day after the council emptied them!
Easy day today. Just sprayed some weed killer around the patio, playhouse, railway and observatory, plus a few nettles under the Hawthorn.
27th July 2022All the walls for the roof were brought out and I started assembling them, using many clamps and lots of measuring before screwing...
26th July 2022The second telescope mount adapter was completed that morning, followed by moving outside to add the diagonal bracing to the roof...
24th July 2022I began digging the other end foundation and found a huge tree root. The only way I had to remove it was with a flat wood bit and...
Kill it before it develops language skills!
After adding a capping stone to a garden wall, I started trimming. I cut the top and my side of the Laurel hedge and also trimmed the Smoke Tree...
Over the next few days, I made the second pier adapter and also painted the inside of the roof panels to protect them from damp.23rd July 2022...
13th July 2022I continued working on the roof walls, getting the rear wall filled, sanded and painted, then made a start on the fixed part of...
12th July 2022I started to add the wheels to the roof end panels. There were four larger wheels to support the weight and three smaller wheels...
"I Want to Break Free"[ATTACH]
"Patio Moss"[ATTACH]
The door was fitted next, followed by the "Pinetree" sign. It was the old house name, but as the new observatory has a pinetree amongst the trees...
Now the walls were up, it also gave me a good look at how much sky I could actually see from the new observatory. Here's the view looking roughly...
The other end came next before looking to the front wall. When I tried fitting that, I realised that the right edge wasn't 90 degrees to the...
6th & 7th July 2022Needing workshop space, the four main walls would need to be assembled outside on the observatory base. As the inside of the...
We had the old orange lights ( which could be filtered out ). I'm guessing the change was to reduce running costs. The choice of colour...
While it's bright in these pictures, it's been a showery day, so I've not done anything outside. In the workshop, I've been painting a large...
1st & 2nd July 2022The nail hole filler on the rear wall was sanded and it was then given two coats of paint. The next day, the roof end walls...
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