Up and Over

Collected the garage doors and decided on the dual carriageway route back. I'd actually mis-measured them - I didn't realise there were actually 3 garage doors in the pile and I'd taken the measurement off a label of the one at the back, thinking it was one of mine, which was 6 inches shorter in width. Mine are 7' 6" in width each.

In the end, the total width was no more than that of a caravan. Managed to get them up the garden and positioned by the cabins with the aid of a couple of sons who were hanging around doing nothing.

A lick of suitably coloured paint and some darker wood stain and they'll look as if they're side-opening oak doors. Not bad for £160 for the pair. The decision, however, is whether to paint them as if they're weathered oak, like the major doors and windows of the house, or varnished oak, like the additional fake wooden doors we've put on the cabins and on the house porch extension and the AirBnB.

I haven't sanded and oiled the house main doors and windows for a couple of years, resulting in them going a weathered grey - perhaps I'll go back to sanding and oiling them so the house is harmonious - but for that I'll need to purchase a scaffolding tower. Our old one from the house build was nicked when Colin, our builder, borrowed them for another house he was working on. That was £900 down the drain, but I couldn't blame Colin - he did have them locked up in his van. A new, mobile tower would be a welcome addition.