Who has a lockdown project at home?

Bunnings is closed in Sydney. All of them. I went early Sunday to get a few things and had a wistful wander though the building supplies. It was like saying goodbye to an old friend.
I've been sorting my screws and nails and bolts this week.
It's come to that.
I had them in all sorts of places - lots of unopened packets.
I'm confident I will never need to buy another nail - rarely use them anyway.
Or another Dynabolt. Goodness knows how I ended up with so many of them.

 

Don't you have a white card? You can go to Bunnings if you have.

 

I'm thinking about getting a PowerPass. But maybe I need a Bunnings detox.

 

My Project is to turn this

which is currently in a million pieces scattered around my garage, and turn it into this

 

Hehe, that's the funny thing, they will allow anyone with a PowerPass in as well.

 

I believe you can still click & collect though.

It s been like that in Melbourne for all our lockdowns. Tradies only (I..e with a powerpass).

I have a Powerpass but, given that I see people in building sites sometimes not wearing masks, have not gone in at all since lock down!

 

Yes, we can 'click and collect'.
It's not the same, though.
Hopefully in 4 weeks, they'll open again. I think I have enough Dynabolts and screws to last me.
I am going to need a couple of sheets of formply, though. Not sure if 'click and collect' will work for that.

 

You can do click & collect. Maybe we're not as efficient as Melbournites though. Friend had a large order in, but hadn't been notified that it was ready. A few days later she rang them. She was told it was 8 days for click & collect. She cancelled her order, found her white card that she was issued around 10 years ago & went there in person so they could do the work that was required.

 

Am ticking boxes all over the place

Next is for a small wall mounted junk unit below

 

That was a great game of Murderball too! Go Riley!

 

Not everything is available on click and collect tho - I've had to have some products delivered, and hubby is making a doubled-masked-run today

 

I did some jack-hammering and trench digging over the weekend. Finally getting back into the project I started at the beginning of last iso!
Of course, now my back and soft computer hands are suffering!

 

Not technically a project but from an educational aspect it could be viewed as one. If you are bored and/or in lockdown or merely interested here is some reading matter to pass the time.

Pandemics: Risks, Impacts, and Mitigation - Disease Control Priorities: Improving Health and Reducing Poverty - NCBI Bookshelf

I selected this chapter as Table 17.1 could give some readers nightmares.

 

Getting close to ticking another project off the list

There's a 15ft drop into the neighbors yard, so with paling's falling off, being thin, warping and being brittle we have been worried about someone going thru it one day

Replaced with treated pine decking boards, thicker, stronger and a much nicer finish (on our side) than the terrible quality and finished wet sawn products available

Will have to refill the pool soon, the weather will soon dictate the need

 

No, only if next door goes under water.....
The ground is sandstone with floaters and very well drained
This pic is from next door

 

My shed project continues. Finished the timber storage. Anything I can't fit in those racks gets put out the front of the house for people to take.

 

Also made a storage thingy on wheels. Used formply offcuts and drawers from school science labs. Those drawers are great - 1960s NSW Department of Education plywood construction. That cabinet holds a lot of stuff. I'm more organised than I have ever been.

 

I love those drawers.