Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Repairing the bathroom ceiling

We used Polycell smoothover on the bathroom ceiling to fill in all the holes. It goes on a bit like plaster but needs sanding down to remove tram lines. It's not a bad finish but does create a *lot* of dust.

At least I'm not the one cleaning up.




Saturday, 15 October 2011

The garage roof

As we inherited a leaky roof on the garage/shed/workshop/man cave some remedial work had to be done.

Sealing the flat roof with a liquid rubber paint (two coats) was the easy part. Replacing the timber flashing all the way round was more problematic. Pulling all the tacks out of the felt without ripping it was a pain but Sonia's superior patience (well, superior to mine at least) proved invaluable. Once that was done, it was simply a matter of nailing up some new boards and painting with exterior gloss. It has vastly improved the view from our kitchen window but has unfortunately made the wall look a bit shabby.

BTW, how cute does she look in her coordinating work gear!




Oops!! Butterfingers.
Sonia singing to "Highway to Hell".