New Shelving

Our garage is overcrowded with most of the tools, boxes etc from our Bushtracker because it is away having work done to the kitchen. Over the past few weeks I have been rationalising the things we normally keep in the garage, selling some on Gumtree and simply grouping like items to reduce our storage needs. I have timber out at my friend's stables which I need to sort out and bring back to the garage so I bought some heavy duty shelving, moving the old Ikea shelving I have had for years. 


These shelves are rated to carry 180 kgs per shelf so they are much stronger than the Ikea shelves, but they feel very flimsy until assembled. The upright supports are just pressed sheet metal, but after being assembled the shelves feel sturdy. 



We went for an afternoon walk picking up the take away menu from our local Thai restaurant. Naturally we ordered Thai for dinner, paid for it over the phone, and I collected it in a shopping bag. It was good. 

 In the morning I had a worker assess our veranda flyscreens which have developed gaps around some of the edges. On the phone I warned him there would be hand sanitiser at our front door and that I would stay at least 2m away from him. I wiped the door handle after he left! One of these screens is 5m wide so when it is made drum-tight there is a lot of pressure on the aluminium framing. For now we will just cover the gaps and worry about replacing the screens at a later date when I will secure all of the framing with stainless steel screws.

 We cleaned more of the 50+ windows in our house, refurbished some hinges, and now I am retiring in front of the TV to do some knitting.

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