Sunday DIY

Welcome back. Are we sitting comfortably? Excellent, let's begin...

Firstly, the secondborn spent her first night in her new room. The firstborn had a sleepover in the new room too. The verdict was that the room was warm, comfortable, quiet but too dark. I guess she's used to the light pollution from the street lights. 

Secondly, Tracy and the offspring had gone out yesterday to pick up furnishings for the new room. Tracy spent the day assembling these, which didn't go together as well as normal. She found that some of the dowells seemed too long and that the alignment of the holes seemed off. Not this places usual quality but they came together eventually and you wouldn't know any different now.

Thirdly, while Tracy was busy upstairs, Dad and I cracked on with the kitchen door. The third door section was attached to the other two. Some adjustments were needed. The biggest of which was some 5mm of wood needing to be removed from the lower side of the door to get it into the frame. The frame being narrower at the bottom than the top. It took a few attempts to get it fitting perfectly but we got there in the end. We now have a functional door!

Albeit no door handle, any latch to fasten the single door in place, and still requiring the drop bolt to be fitted to the middle door to hold it shut...

Little bit of sanding required to the frame to stop some slight rubbing. Then, of course, there's the staining and varnishing to go over again where the door shape was adjusted.

Fourthly, the last thing to do was to shorten the bedroom door from the loft. I was glad to have help getting that beast of a door all the way downstairs and into the back garden where I was doing the planing. Chopped a good bit of door off. I didn't want to have to repeat the trip! Took a bit of time to get the cut square (because of the awkward angle I had to work at) but it was worth it. Fitted perfectly at the first attempt. Again, just need to paint where I'd chopped to prevent moisture getting in and making the door swell.

And that's it. I'm now coated in sawdust and need a good shower but it's been worth it. Some good tangible results from this weekend's efforts too and I'm grateful for the help.