Thursday, December 10, 2015

Pitfield makeover 11


Next job is to clean up the spa area and for me to make a new cover. I’ve already been working in that area to cut down and remove the spa pergola and the main reason for doing that job at that time was to have some more timber available to build the spa box – which was the last job.

The spa was never used, all that’s left of the cover is deteriorating Styrofoam panels.

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Pitfield makeover 10

Moving on from the sides last stage with this job is the front.

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Like the top it needs to be removable to access the spa equipment. I’m down to the last of the palings including a few warped ones.

Pitfield makeover 9

Having completed the spa top cover we can move onto boarding in the sides. About to add a couple of back supports for the palings to screw onto.

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Not everything is square here so decided to play safe and ‘screw tack’ the palings on to get the spacing and other stuff right, then run a pencil line down each front pine support for cutting to length.

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Pitfield makeover 8

After some planning and trial layouts we now have a very sturdy frame.

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Cocoon Outdoor HD Wireless IP Camera

 
Purchased this last Wednesday so it’s time to unpack and have a play with it here on the balcony computer desk, setup everything and then take it out to the chook run.

Monday, December 7, 2015

Pitfield makeover 7b

Next job on the list after demolishing the spa pergola is to hide the spa equipment itself to make it more presentable for sale.




Had some thoughts about using fence lattice but we need to do better than that. Just trying to keep the costs down, what else do we have on hand?

Pitfield makeover 7c

One thing I noticed previously and nearly forgot about is that the spa air switch needs attention.



The nipples have broken off with the ends still in the plastic tubes.

Another new toy for kitties.