getting more bits!

We had decided on a plastic agricultural water storage tower cut off to become a bath. we were going to clad it in wood and have Kev cut a roof slide so we could see the stars but once I saw this item on ebay, the plastic tub went out the window. this had to be my best bargain at £90 + £55 to deliver door to door! we are also not having the roof hatch as time doe snot permit-more on this later

We tested out the spiral staircase and it works well. Andrew and Ian have designed all the battery boxes to go undeer the stairs and each stair moves out the way (which also means we have no bannister....hmmmm?)

i also bid on a solid oak floor on ebay but chickened out at £500 because i knew we had to lift it ourselves but could not find out if it was glued down or not which would have been a horrible job with much wastage due to breaking some planks. Instead i am trying the wood recycling centers -they are found in every major city but Andrew picked up a hitch hiker called Matt tatt (who knows Steve and probably Joe- or welder Joe as everyone calls him) and he said the London centre had everything we needed! will try soon. stop press- got recycled planed pine boards for really cheap on ebay - £6 sq M and although they are not the wide boards i had hoped for they are better than marine ply and came in at £300 the whole floor.

micky, mike wood oes by all names) has finished stripping our chairs and tabel. the oak table was free- the gardeners of the estate i live on gave it to me and it was large and stained an ugly dark brown. Now it is 2ft wide and a lovely light oak!! he is also making balance boards for andrew's practice and possibly going to make porthole liners. stop press he is now also doing the kitchen.

andrew wants to save renovating the porthholes for a later date as he thinks it looks more authentic as they are

but I think the scratches and staining on the glass may drive me mad every time i look at the view.