Woooohoooo!

I bought the catch.
I fitted the catch.
I fitted the door handles.
It all works.
Next is to fit the two remaining draught strips and a bit of filling here and there.
Then, I hand over to the painter.

Oh dear, I have just broken an SDHC card. Not a lot on it apart from our visit to the aquarium..... It might not be completely lost but I suspect so.

Not so bad after all then!

I have spoken to several people now and they all agree that the National Marine Aquarium is a tiring place to walk around. I feel vindicated. I spent Saturday and Sunday working on the door again and I have nearly, but not quite, finished it now. The door itself and frame are done, but I have yet to fit the catch and keeper. I had bought a set but it seems either I bought the wrong one or the instructions on the packet are wrong. Whilst I suspect the latter, I am happy to carry the can as I should have checked anyway. So a swift trip into Wickes on the way home methinks.

I'm gonna get you little fishy!

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..............................Cat in Red Dwarf.

I was at the National Marine Aquarium yesterday. Not such a big deal as it sounds as I live about a mile from it. Sally and I took Samuel for an afternoon out and, boy, did he have fun? He wanted to see everything at once and then go back to see it again. We all had a good time but I was totally knackered by the time we got around the first time. Thank goodness for aunties!

Fractionaly further forward

The skirting board has now stuck properly.
That's it, no more.

This time next year Rodney..........................

I may just have finished this job. Friday evening was a washout. Saturday was spent with Samuel and Hazel driving around the various shops we needed to visit and then trying to teach a little boy how to play snap. He calls it slap and gets bored after the first two or three cards have been laid. In the evening I was chatting to Russ so, whilst not a wasted day, it was a dead day for working on the door. Sunday was much the same until midday as Sal had been working the previous night and wasn't awake until midday. Then I managed to cut and fit the other inner panel and the top one and also do most of the filling. At this point, I had intended to fit the final couple of pieces of skirting board but discovered that the first piece was not quite stuck as well as I had hoped so I ended up making a better job of it, I hope.

Still going weak!

Well, no-one would ever say I was going strong.

I have fixed the frame on both sides now and the first edging strip is in and ready to be finished off. Tonight, I hope to fit the other side and the top. If I can then fit the first of the skirting boards on the inside I will be doing well. Then, tomorrow, the outer side of the frame and the skirting boards in there as well as the final pieces of skirting going up to the stairs and on the corner. Once these are fitted and stuck, they will need filling and sanding and then, finally, they can be painted. Of course, I still have to address the lumps on the plaster and re-paint the walls at all the points where I have damaged them by hacking out the old frame...................
Not to mention fitting the door handles and catch................

A deadly weekend.

Two whole days to fit a door and still not finished? Sadly,yes.

The problem is, as always, because we live in a 125 year old house. In those days, everything was bespoke and the frame of this door is set into the walls, the wood is original and I have tried, unsuccessfully, to remove it. So I have had to shave it down and make the frame fit the new door as I really don't want to mess with the door. I have managed to get the frame on the hinge side in and fixed and I have just hung the door. Now all I have to do is match the opposite side of the frame to the door by inserting some small slices of wood and then fit the top in a similar manner. Once all that is done, I just have to fit the door handles and catch.