As work is a bit thin on the ground at the moment!!, I have turned my hand to some DIY around the house, more specifically around the outside of the house, “Decking”, it just has to be done with Summer nipping at your short-sleeve shirt tales!!
Man is never happier than when working with his hands, creating something, building something, working the soil beneath his feet!! O.M.G, well that may be the case normally but when a 30 degree heat turns soil into stone quicker than a Medusa with Attention Deficit Disorder, you’ve just gotta reach for a cold beer and indulge in a little more planning than initially intended!!
Many hours later!!, well you’ve gotta keep hydrated in this heat, I have managed to get my hands on what would best be described as a 5’ long crow-bar with a sharp point at one end, this is usually used for breaking up concrete, perfect, “let’s go to work”.
Ok, so blisters are for wimps, but at this rate I’m going to need skin grafts off my back-side for my hands, but determined as I am, I WILL shift this earth in preparation for the frame-work that will mark the Holy Grail of Decking!!
My concentration was disrupted by a little ripple of applause from some neighbours, the actor in me rising to the occasion to take a bow, only to realise that my once flexible vertebrae have now have decided to completely reverse the evolution process and return me to a time a few million years ago when walking on all fours was the accepted modus operandum. An embarrassing and pathetic nod of gratitude from my static, arched posture and it’s back to the grind!!
Hurrah!!!, it’s cleared….. I got my second wind and with the determination of a possessed mole, enough earth is shifted, tomorrow the framework goes down, and then the best bit laying the decking boards, well almost the best bit, which of course is enjoying a cold glass of white wine as the sun sets and my joints enter in the recovery phase!! You could call this field marketing of sort…
Well, of course there will be photos of the finished product when it’s all complete, just wanted to set the scene, nothing more enticing than a “TO BE CONTINUED”.
Here’s a pic of it so far:
Ha ha, as if, just wanted to impress you at this early stage, more to follow, like the boards I know you’ll be riveted…...