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I've been waiting a few days now for perfect weather to erect the shed on my plot.
It's very exposed and while the wind hasn't been much over 12 mph or so, it's a bit much when trying to sling it up on my Jack.
Tonight's forecast was perfect, 4mph, bit hot and humid but sweating is good for you.
Grabbed my toolbox, cordless drill & even grabbed the spare battery even though I'd hardly used the one on the drill much recently since it's last charge; in fact only to undo the shed when we took it down. also grabbed the anchoring bolts and Masonry drill bits to bolt the shed onto the freshly laid and concreted together paving and headed off down the lottie with a load of Sweet Corn to be planted also.
Bunged the Sweet Corn in no worries, sweating buckets by the time I had mind you as the humidity was really kicking up, due a storm I think, or I hope anyway. Rutland has a large body of water that creates it's own microclimate so the weather here can be odd to say the least.
Then for the fun part, got my drill out, grabbed the Masonry bits then started looking for the wood bits, bugger, not in my little tool box... There is the Grrr moment.
Hey-ho, the Masonry bit will go through the wood. Not as effectively as the Wood bit would do mind you but in for a Penny.
Sprayed the bit with some GT85 and set about drilling guide holes through the wood and marking the paving slabs, then drilled through with the 10mm bit to get the hole large enough to accept the bolts and raw plugs.
Shifted the base a little to get to the marked drill sites, Hammer action on, first hole into the slabs with hardly any effort, move onto the second hole and the first battery does dead on me, ah well, no issue, I got the spare right?
Yeah, probably guessed it, dead as a Dodo.
Glad all the plots were empty as some of the swear words were choice and would of been enough to make a Marine blush.
Will charge both batteries up tonight, go finish the drilling and screw the base on tomorrow then wait till Tuesday to get the bloody shed erected.
/cracks open a can of lager and counts to Ten
It's very exposed and while the wind hasn't been much over 12 mph or so, it's a bit much when trying to sling it up on my Jack.
Tonight's forecast was perfect, 4mph, bit hot and humid but sweating is good for you.
Grabbed my toolbox, cordless drill & even grabbed the spare battery even though I'd hardly used the one on the drill much recently since it's last charge; in fact only to undo the shed when we took it down. also grabbed the anchoring bolts and Masonry drill bits to bolt the shed onto the freshly laid and concreted together paving and headed off down the lottie with a load of Sweet Corn to be planted also.
Bunged the Sweet Corn in no worries, sweating buckets by the time I had mind you as the humidity was really kicking up, due a storm I think, or I hope anyway. Rutland has a large body of water that creates it's own microclimate so the weather here can be odd to say the least.
Then for the fun part, got my drill out, grabbed the Masonry bits then started looking for the wood bits, bugger, not in my little tool box... There is the Grrr moment.
Hey-ho, the Masonry bit will go through the wood. Not as effectively as the Wood bit would do mind you but in for a Penny.
Sprayed the bit with some GT85 and set about drilling guide holes through the wood and marking the paving slabs, then drilled through with the 10mm bit to get the hole large enough to accept the bolts and raw plugs.
Shifted the base a little to get to the marked drill sites, Hammer action on, first hole into the slabs with hardly any effort, move onto the second hole and the first battery does dead on me, ah well, no issue, I got the spare right?
Yeah, probably guessed it, dead as a Dodo.
Glad all the plots were empty as some of the swear words were choice and would of been enough to make a Marine blush.
Will charge both batteries up tonight, go finish the drilling and screw the base on tomorrow then wait till Tuesday to get the bloody shed erected.
/cracks open a can of lager and counts to Ten
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