Moving closer towards our goal
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382036)
Rockingham, Australia
July 26, 2019 7:31am CST
It has been another fruitful day for us. Vince has welded the two pieces of steel together to form a bream and this afternoon I painted it with a rust-protective paint. Vince has now started redesigning the lights and light switches. At the moment they are on the central pole that we’ll be removing.
We had a great piece of luck. Vince stopped to say hello to the people just down the road. I wrote about the property being divided so a brother and sister will both share the land. We knew their parents from long ago. Anyway, the brother has a tractor with a forklift affair which he has is ideal to lift the beam up to roof height. All we’d need to do is position it and bolt it in place. This should make a tricky job so much easier. He is coming 9am on Monday and by then we should be well and truly ready for him.
Photo shows the finished beam with its coat of paint.
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@moffittjc (128835)
• Gainesville, Florida
26 Jul 19
I always love when a project really starts to come together, and you can almost see the finished product in your mind! I'm sure you and Vince will be ecstatic once this is all finished! And it is also nice that you have neighbors who are willing to help. It will surely make finishing the project much easier.
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@moffittjc (128835)
• Gainesville, Florida
27 Jul 19
@JudyEv It's nice that you enjoy getting outside and helping Vince with the various projects around your property. I'm sure he appreciates the help!
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@JudyEv (382036)
• Rockingham, Australia
28 Jul 19
@moffittjc I'm the 'gopher' and also have a role to play in saying 'have you thought about this' or 'don't forget you said you'd do x next'. 
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@JudyEv (382036)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Jul 19
I also like bringing home a trailer full of poles and panels then creating two scaffolds out of it all. And when we were working on the bus, we'd have all these bits and pieces but by the time we finished, we'd have a bathroom or whatever. The forklift affair will be a godsend.
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@smileyhema (4463)
• United States
27 Jul 19
That sounds like a hard but interesting work. Good luck with it.. hope that it will be completed soon..
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@JudyEv (382036)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 Jul 19
@smileyhema Thanks. It's all done and dusted now.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
26 Jul 19
looks great! 'tis wonderful that new neighbor'll be comin' to lend a hand 'n 'quipment. a blessin' to be certain. gonna be so nice when all 'tis put back'n order.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
27 Jul 19
@JudyEv me, too! 'f course, i'm giddy jest seein' how orderly the place 'tis, lol. can't wait 'til such's finished, will make movin' that caravan in/out so much easier :)
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
26 Jul 19
Wow! Vince can weld? That's awesome! Looks wonderful!
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@JudyEv (382036)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Jul 19
@FayeHazel Luckily we don't have to pay for our time as sometimes we're incredibly slow but it doesn't matter when you're working for yourself.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
29 Jul 19
@JudyEv Oh amazing to have that skill. You're right, when you make it yourself it can be just as you want it to be
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@JudyEv (382036)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Jul 19
We cheated a bit as, when we got the quote to have it made, the guy emailed the drawing for the beam so we were able to use the dimensions off that. However, Vince's brother could have helped with that if we hadn't had the drawing.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
27 Jul 19
That is wonderful! A good neighbor is hard to find.
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@JudyEv (382036)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Jul 19
It is very good of him to help us. His machine will make all the difference to getting the beam up.
@snowy22315 (208859)
• United States
26 Jul 19
It looks like that is going to be a good size shed.
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@JudyEv (382036)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Jul 19
The shed is very useful as it is but when we remove that centre post, we'll be able to get the caravan in much more easily. In the photo the right-hand door is shut but at the edge near the van is a post. That's the one we're taking out. But so the roof doesn't collapse we need to put a horizontal beam right across the opening.
@changjiangzhibin89 (17239)
• China
26 Jul 19
Good for you ! Your neighbour comes up trumps as you worry about how to lift the beam up.
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@JudyEv (382036)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Jul 19
The beam should be in place by this time tomorrow. Then there will just be a few finishing pieces to do.
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
26 Jul 19
Nice to have "helping hands."
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
26 Jul 19
this is really cool, I love the step by step of your project!
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@JudyEv (382036)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Jul 19
Vince is down doing the lights but there is nothing I can help with at the moment. Tomorrow is D-Day for putting the beam in place.
