In the weekend the water for the watering of the plants was turned on for the year, melt- and rainwater. It was then the gardeners in the village put in another gear, the whole weekend everyone seemed to be in their gardens and planting planting planting. Even us, and pics are to follow. But we are also back to the serious business of renovating the house, and had ordered cement, sand and stones, all of which arrived in the late morning. Today we got a sudden cold spell with rain all day, so a perfect day to spend inside and for starting this years project of 'another brick in the wall' - or will it be yet one leaning tower of Pisa? we shall see.
This one is going to be in our future kitchen. First I had to sound-insulate the wastewater pipe that is coming down from the guest rooms, and then i had an electrician question, which the wonderful Niklas could not answer directly, because he was on a plane back home to Sweden. So I left it for the day and set in a cat door in the future main entrance instead. That was a little tricky, because there was already a hole for cats, the previous owner had a version where he could put in a plank inside when he wanted to keep the cats in or out. And so we decided to use that hole, which just had to be made a little bigger to fit the new cat flap. It has a sensor in it, which recognizes our cats microchips and only opens the latch for them, not for strange cats. Now we only need to teach the cats to use it, today they were not so super interested to be outside in the rain, but after rain comes sunshine and since they are smart cats, I am sure they will get it fast.
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| The smart cat door |
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| insulated water pipe |
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| the 'before' picture of the brick laying project |
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| todays delivery of 60 bricks |
Well done! :)
SvaraRadera