Wrenschovations » deck

Bamboo screen thingy

Steve — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:57:18 +0000

Sproing helping by chewing on meep’s ears.
Ahem.

“Got Wind?” or “Thar She Blows!”

Steve — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:12:04 +0000

The true story of a back garden in Cape Town that is Windy (like many places in the Cape).

Oops!
Yes, that is a ladder in the pool.

more, more, more

Steve — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:14:23 +0000

more deck:

more green:
(i.e. painter dude is back, now that we’ve decided the whole house should be green and not just the bit at the back)

possible pretentious title for above photo: “The transition from a life of Pumpkin Walls to Jolive Green Lifestyle Living, with a Unicorn, as a Young Man, Again Last Summer.”
Umm…

Salty

Steve — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:15:32 +0000

So, Pool Cnuts installed the chlorinator last week and have finally officially Fucked Off.
Yay having a chlorinator, Boo them leaving wires hanging all over the show.
We shall tack them against the wall or summat, eventually.
Here it is:

Shiny!

Deckage continues apace:
(trying to keep up that whole photo a day in the same place thing)

Exciting times!
Also: we has umbrella. Lol.

Dudes doing the deck

Steve — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:07:54 +0000

So, we’re now putting in some deckage.
A big bit just outside the kitchen and around the pool.
And a more ickle outside the guest workshop room thing.

The frame support hoohaa is pretty much done, now they just need to plank it – yay!
Pics:

In continued pool-company-is-incredibly-shit news: four weeks after coating the inside of the pool has passed and it’s time for the salt water chlorinator to be installed. The pool has been available for use the whole, but apparently the SWC had to wait.
So, we call and book them for Thursday and they say yes.
We come home Thursday night to find no SWC. Of course.
We do find, however, a creepy-crawler-cleaner thing in the pool.
Friday morning we call and they’re very apologetic, promise that the SWC will be there Friday, and deny all knowledge of the CCC.
*sigh*
Let’s see what happens this week.

Once this is finished, we want nothing more to do with them, ever again (quite understandable, I think).
I’m almost hoping they call and want to discuss a pool maintenance plan so I can reply with:

Ahahahahahahahahahahaha. Haaa. Ahahahahahaha!
What, seriously?
Not a fucking chance.
*hangs up*

Oh, teh LOL.

the next generation

Steve — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:04:38 +0000

just when you thought it was safe to go back to the internets…
ahem.

well, we’re moved in and bouncingly happy. :-)
we’re still shuffling things around a bit, but all is good.

there are a couple of projects on the go in terms of wrenschovationage.

pool!¹
deck!²
furniture!³
garden!⁴

Pool dudes arrive on Monday, so expect a series of photos of my hole, getting bigger every day.

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1 – the plans finallycame through. two and a half months at council. for two and half stamps and signatures. ho hum. but they’re through!
2 – waiting for pool dudes to be finished. insert your lingo here re “critical path.”
3 – some we are making (i.e. Jo is making. She Teh Skills to make stuff), some we’re speccing for the cheap wood stuff guys to build (the guys who made our bookshelves).
4 – front garden being done (one side of), back garden waiting for trampling feet builder people to be gone. i.e. after 1 and 2 above.

future things

Steve — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:50:07 +0000

shower, outdoor shower, pool and deck.

eventually… :-]