Pitfield property makeover 1

Big project for the next few weeks to help the older daughter prepare her property for sale. We have a job list so loaded the car last night and hopefully thought of everything I might need.

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First priority is to remove the doggie door that I made for Shyla, the kids German Shepherd as there is a glazier on the way to replace the glass.

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Next on the list is to repair the side gate in a similar manner to the adjacent main gates that we repaired in June 2010 using low cost fence pailings.

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Remove the gate, the screws holding the old rotten timber boards have all rusted so just bash them off and then cut off the screws with a grinder.

20151201_150620Todays work area setup.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20151201_150550With a ‘clean’ frame pre-cut the palings to the right length and like the main gates use couple of off-cuts to space each one (board thickness) before screwing them down with self drilling hex screws.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20151202_110406That looks fine and did not take to long which is a good start, we need to keep moving to meet next weeks deadline set by the agent.

Author: AlanM52

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