Day 182: Wall lining

Just a half day today, the first job of the day being to measure up the nearside wall for lining. This was done twice as was the marking out of my last full sheet of plywood, as yesterday I made two identical errors measuring and cutting the wood for the window reveal.

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Day 181: Windows and walls

Having done the weekly shop I picked up some more edge trim, I would like to get this from the timber yard but their mouldings are very dirty and dusty so I got it from Wickes. Before finishing the toilet window I spent what remained of the morning and the early part of the afternoon framing out the reveal of the nearside window ready to line the wall tomorrow.

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Day 180: The last evening

Last night I discovered that I am short of a half sheet of 6mm birch faced ply, plus I am running low on PU wood adhesive again. So I made a detour to Hertfordshire Timber Supplies on the way into work this morning, ordered some more ply and purchased some more instant grab adhesive and a pot of 5 minute adhesive.

The cartridge instant grab is thick which makes it ideal for sticking stuff to vertical and inverted surfaces, whilst the 5 minute adhesive is much more liquid and ideal for other constuction projects. As I've mentioned previously the great thing about these adhesives is the speed at which they cure, plus they have D4 (exterior) rating.

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