My new toy.

[Retired]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply Gary.

I've given up informing my neighbours of anything. When I sold the big Colchester lathe I informed the neighbours that a Land Rover hitched to a four wheel trailer would be on the street blocking just one of the two lanes off. We loaded the Colchester without problem and the buyer was securing it to the trailer with straps; the son of our neighbours directly across the street came home in his Corsa van and completely blocked the road on purpose; there wasn't a car on his drive and it holds three cars; shortly afterwards another neighbour drove on the street and obviously couldn't proceed so whilst she looked at me she sat in the car sounding the horn; we moved the trailer. I had done the decent thing and told the son to his face that the trailer was to arrive. I no longer bother with these two neighbours.

The bristle brush idea is good Gary but I like plenty of water to flush the dirt and debris away; I doubt giving the decking a good soaking will do any damage because the water won't penetrate into the timber far as it is pressure treated which fully seals the grain; within half an hour of finishing pressure washing the top surface of the decking was virtually dry. The underside would take a while longer.

Good decision Lawrence not to blast the contents of a septic tank; you could always hire a deep sea divers suit though.

Thanks David; you know me too well. Yes once I get stuck into something I don't quit easily and this pressure washing is great fun.

It was overcast here this morning with a breeze and to the rear of the bungalow it felt cold. I really wanted to finish the roof off on a full day but today's forecast was good. I couldn't make a start before dinner time but I did get everything set up. After dinner I was on the roof and the sun came out making it a lovely warm afternoon; the breeze although only light kept giving me a shower of dirty water. I expected finishing around 7 o'clock tonight but by 5 o'clock I had completed pressure washing the roof and even tidied up below including washing the gutters and paintwork.I'm pleased the job is done and what a difference this pressure washer has made to the appearance of our bungalow. All the paths; walls and roof look like new. The problem now is that I've run out of things to pressure wash. Ah well; I've a couple of lathes wanting a lot of TLC so I won't be bored.

Kind regards, Col.