Life is not always a bowl of cherries. Sometimes its all stones.
Tuesday 28th March
The roof of the shed is leaking badly and today Gary came to see if we could re-felt the roof.
We arrived in time to see the strong South Westerly winds lifting the roof from the shed with each gust.
It had been moved off its seating so the first job was to re-seat it and screw it securely into place.
Unfortunately the wind made it too dangerous to stay up on the roof, and the drizzle prevented the use of the sealant adhesive.
Wednesday 29th March
The shed floor was pooled with water. Paul and I managed between us to re-cover the roof with roof-felt.
The weather was vastly better than yesterday and felt quite spring like at times.
We also noticed that the whole shed was prone to movement when there were strong gusts of wind, and discussed possible plans to strengthen and stabilise it before the even stronger North Easterly winds arrive.
Thursday, 30 March 2006
The winds were again very strong.
We arrived at the allotment to find the shed floor looking like a mini lake. The water is still getting in somewhere but there is no sign of it coming through the roof.
A close inspection suggests that it is coming through the front wall of the shed somehow. Under the window ledge was still wet and the bottom support beam was soaking wet. I sealed all round the window frames with silicon sealant. Also filled in any knot holes and any joints around the windows. I also gave the front two coats of shed paint. I hope this does the trick.
Fruit trees and asparagus arrived today but the weather was not really fit for planting trees. The asparagus however went straight into the bed that was ready and waiting. I was a bit surprised at the size of the asparagus plants. These were little more than seedlings and bore little or no resemblance to the ones that Monty Don showed when he demonstrated the planting of asparagus on the DVD I have from Gardener’s World.
Oh well such is life. ... Either they will grow or they won’t.
We are still thinking about ways to solve the problem of the unstable shed. Two or three ideas are being considered.
The roof of the shed is leaking badly and today Gary came to see if we could re-felt the roof.
We arrived in time to see the strong South Westerly winds lifting the roof from the shed with each gust.
It had been moved off its seating so the first job was to re-seat it and screw it securely into place.
Unfortunately the wind made it too dangerous to stay up on the roof, and the drizzle prevented the use of the sealant adhesive.
Wednesday 29th March
The shed floor was pooled with water. Paul and I managed between us to re-cover the roof with roof-felt.
The weather was vastly better than yesterday and felt quite spring like at times.
We also noticed that the whole shed was prone to movement when there were strong gusts of wind, and discussed possible plans to strengthen and stabilise it before the even stronger North Easterly winds arrive.
Thursday, 30 March 2006
The winds were again very strong.
We arrived at the allotment to find the shed floor looking like a mini lake. The water is still getting in somewhere but there is no sign of it coming through the roof.
A close inspection suggests that it is coming through the front wall of the shed somehow. Under the window ledge was still wet and the bottom support beam was soaking wet. I sealed all round the window frames with silicon sealant. Also filled in any knot holes and any joints around the windows. I also gave the front two coats of shed paint. I hope this does the trick.
Fruit trees and asparagus arrived today but the weather was not really fit for planting trees. The asparagus however went straight into the bed that was ready and waiting. I was a bit surprised at the size of the asparagus plants. These were little more than seedlings and bore little or no resemblance to the ones that Monty Don showed when he demonstrated the planting of asparagus on the DVD I have from Gardener’s World.
Oh well such is life. ... Either they will grow or they won’t.
We are still thinking about ways to solve the problem of the unstable shed. Two or three ideas are being considered.
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