The Glass is In!

I'd jumped the gun on claiming to be a glazier. I'd also underestimated the time required to remove the old glass safely and get the rebate (glass surround) cleaned up and ready to fit the new glass. When this was done, fitting the actual glass was easy. Lynne did the putty part of the job (very well) and I did the glass handling and sprig insertion. What a team! So now we have a closed off window (after one night without glass in place).

This morning, we primed the remaining bare wood on the west wall and fascia board, then spent the afternoon putting the top coat (clotted cream colour) onto the north wall. Tomorrow we will complete the first coat on the north wall. It is a lot faster to paint when the temperature is below 15C and the sun is not shining directly on the surface being worked on. I'll get up early enough tomorrow to confirm that this is true.

Coooolld!

The sun shone for about 25 minutes today - and I nearly missed it. I basked in this brief natural warmth for as long as it took me to get the letters out of our fence-mounted post box. So, no work on the boards or anywhere else outside today. Tomorrow is a public holiday for Anzac Day - predicted to be fine weather and 20C. It would be a shame to miss the chance to make some progress again, but both my children are marching in the parade this year - so I'll be there to see them for the morning at least.

So, now I'm a glazier too

We cracked a pane of the bedroom window. $110 to have it replaced by a pro or $17 for the glass cut to size. For $93 I can be a glazier for a couple of hours. I'm learning all the time! Ela brought us some fresh chestnuts. She's so kind. She says I'm right to be my own glazier. It's great getting moral support from the neeburs. It makes the effort seem appreciated and more worthwhile somehow.

West Wall In Progress

The cold weather and April rains have not stopped the front wall from being painted. The primer was put on in an evening session last week. It was a weird, balmy night, and I painted with a spotlight until 10.30pm. We took several 'progress' photos from the same spot. I love the 'stop-motion' effects showing the different times of day, stages of work, lighting conditions and so on. My blogging skills don't yet allow me to show these - but I at least know how it could be done.
The daylight shot shows the oil-based primer all done.

Winter's Here

The rainy days of April are here. The Easter/Passover weekend here is wet and cool. Hoping for a better day tomorrow. On the office work side, I had a job interview yesterday. It went quite well, but it was only the first of four I'll need to do to get into that company as a consultant. Meantime, I'll be working on some other options, but I won't go into any detail about this here.