Apparently when Susan said yesterday she had finished the gardening I misinterpreted this to mean she had finished the gardening. She was back at it today weeding and mulching along with grouting the tiles outside on the steps. I lurched onwards with the sprinkler project and it appears to now be finished, apart from a trial run which due to the distance the water jets, will hit our car and trailer so maybe Saturday when we are on are way out. There are a whole lot of questions that could be asked with respect to the syatem, i.e is it good having a petrol pump in a fire, how long will the pipe last before it melts, what happens if the pipe is full of stale water when you periodically test the system i.e. does it flow down into the rain water tank & do legionella mists waft over the neighbours. Nothing is ever simple is it? Anyway i guess it is better than nothing. Shunyam's plan is in event of fire turn it on and walk the 5 minutes to the beach. Assuming the fire is not that way of course.
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| The sprinkler stand is made from an old Ipstar satellite intenet base with a 50mm pipe bolted inside. Very solid mount if you are ever looking for a mount to use on a corrugated roof check out Ebay for "Ipstar" |
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| 2" pipe with clamps rivetted to the gutter. Hopefully the gutter will stay put when the pipe is full of water. |
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| A man and his obelisk |
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| The stairway to heaven is now neatly grouted. |
After work on dusk we once again enjoyed the pleasures of the hot outside bath, very relaxing.
Weather wise we had a Tasmanian day today without the cold. It was grey all day but no rain. Still plenty of projects to finish tomorrow, the window blind and the steps are two that spring to mind.
Bodie the guy who delivered the hardware this afternoon was chatting to me about coming to helpx at his residence in Bundagen. He wants a sprinkler installed and was talking about paying dollars! I don't know if we can squeeze that in. Have to see how it pans out.
Night folks
Simon
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