Oct. 7th: Still to wire both lights and add switches
Sept 28th: Clearing small hazel from the back and front and general surround tidying with the idea of moving the wagon. Painting lower parts brown . . ..
Sept 27th: Lit stove to dry external paint, that went fine but there is too much air intake to keep the fire low.
Placed battery on shelf and connected one light and the solar panel. The panel definitely charges the battery and had to be turned away from the sun.
Sept 26th: More external painting, on door and that end and some on the 'back' . . .
Sept 25th: Cleaned outside of stove.
Sept 19th: Paint roof above 'kitchen' touch up other places, paint part north face, paint part door. Batteries: Two small are dead so wire in the Halfords 41Ah
Sept 18th: Pretty much cleaned and painted inside. Batteries require work. Second coat on front.
Sept 17th: Charged one of the batteries as neither lights would work.
Sept 16th: Cleared more flaky paint, fixed cupboard doors, put away cardboard, place some wood in box, taped over some cracks, removed a few items
July 11th: Removed some flaky paint and part of the ceiling to expose the damp area. It appears as though there was a hole in the roof for a flue. �
May 19th: Re-oiled the roof
2023
October 18th
Have cleaned and re-oiling the roof and re-coated the door
2021 Fixing the door
October 21st
Replacing main door, which is a split (stable) door
Lower part of door from inside and outsideNovember 7th
Spent a few days working on the top. The rebate for the glass will be painted to stop the putty drying quickly by the oil being absorbed by bare wood. The beading will also be painted on the inner sides.
Frame finished without woodtreatment17th Nov: Fitted and temp glazed but requires more work
18th Nov: Tar-oiled the top door. Finished preparing beading
19th Nov: Beading three straight edges
Top door needs bottom hinge spacer: 19th Nov 23rd Nov: Fitted pull handle and bolt to lock top to bottom.
Door from inside. 24th Nov: Another coating of oil on the 'doors'
Inside repainted and tided etc. April 20th 2021.
2021 Outer paint work
On arrival it was pink and was painted red but that has become very flaky and over the last two days Gavin has used a power grinder with steel brush to bring the surface to a more stable footing.
Gavin at work April 20th 2021.Wagon brushed and oiled ~ May 5th 2021.
