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We had allot of problems with condensation underneath the old pipecover so I opted for an old school solution. The sheet metal pipe cover had actually ruined the concrete just bellow the old roof (water, frost and no ventilation) so the pipe could actually be lifted off. I had to repair it with concrete and iron. At the time I actually tried to break down the bricks above the roof but I gave it up. I couldn’t even make a decent hole in the concrete so it’ll do for years to come. I’m covering it with  thin layers of concrete and eventually it’ll be white, or pink, or orange?

I’m taking my time. What can I say with all the rain, Weber and Durkheim. I finished the work above the window yesterday. I’m posting this just to have a reminder of the small pieces of wood that had to go up to make it work. I don’t like the way I did the waterboards at the top of the picture. We’ll have to rent a contraption to get up there next year to paint it. Perhaps I’ll do something then. If the weather holds I’ll pull down the scaffolding this week. It felt really good to do some real work.

What seems like months of rain ended last week. They took the juice last Thursday to do some repairs on the new hospital site so we had to make some juice of our own. The evening was spent looking at the fire. Cozy enough but I wish I had bought a generator instead of renting a temporary powerbox from Trollfjord. What a waste:( I want a hydrogen 30 kw generator in my lifetime please:)

My hole in the ground is not a looker from the roof. Neither is the neighbour house which is deserted. Two brothers can’t agree to sell it seems and now it’s starting to show neglect. We managed to save our house from these same brothers by a forced sale I might add. I took the picture because I’m daydreaming about an outhouse. In Norway we can build a 15 square meter outhouse no taller than 3 meters without a building permit. My drawing/painting chamber project is close to 3.50 meters tall so that won’t fit the bill. I’m thinking a study for my computers, robots, books, paperwork and pink underwear. Oeh. Putting it right in front of the old house would help indeed.

We put in the new window before the storm hit the wall this Wednesday. Autumn is here but with peculiar warm temperatures. I’m looking forward to winter believe it or not. It’s the green, the echoing green. I’ll take snowblind yes thank you very much and hopefully a break to the south in January.

The next window to be changed. It’s standing on a single horisontal piece of wood and lodged between two horisontal construction logs. The rest is air. We’re putting in a new oldfashioned one that can open. We’re saving the old ones. They can be repaired so we might do that and use them somewhere else on the house.

We’re getting along nicely:) I forgot to put in a hole for the ventilation though !!:( I don’t wan’t to do it now cause it’ll ruin the windbreaker. I’ll put it in on the north (front) wall when she isn’t looking hihi. Tomorrow it’s going to rain so I’ll give it a rest and do some reading.