There were many heavy showers this morning, so first job of the day was to cut up some of the left-over water pipe from last year’s mains leak into lengths for hoops to use in the veggie plot, which I could do under cover in the workshop. These should keep me going for a short while.
Then as the day dried out a little I cut the polycarbonate for the polycrub door and fitted it which, as ever, turned into a fair bit more work than I thought. The polycarbonate sheets were previously used in a now-defunct cold frame that my father-in-law made years ago and has succumbed to the damp, but I needed to remove at least some of the hinges. Unfortunately being exposed to the elements the nuts and bolts retaining the hinges had corroded, some needing aggressive application of one or more of mole grips, a Dremel and a drill. Then I had to find the plastic fittings that retain the window which involved braving the brambles and nettles that are trying to invade the barn where I’d left them.
Got it all done in the end though, and I suspect that there’s enough polycarbonate left over to fill in the open section above the door.
