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Golden Week - big wastewater drainage cleaning!

Saturday May 7th was big wastewater drainage day in Futtsu. The city supplied hemp bags for the mud. It was an experience I did not want to have missed. There was about 10 cm of mud on the bottom of the drainage.  Our friendly neighbor kindly introduced me to the efficient technique.  In the end 6 hemp bags were full.  What else happened during this pleasant Golden Week holiday with great weather and also a bit of wind :) We did some work in the house and added some wooden boards to the wash basin and kitchen cabinets.  We used the same panels as was used by our 大工さん which turned out to be the cheapest and most easy one to process. We did the cutting at the Cainz home center (one cut 50 JPY with member card).  Finally spring is there and the frogs are croaking day and night and the grasshoppers are hopping. With other words it was again highly meditative.  PS: I did my first kite session after the accident.... it had to be to loose the fear.... but don't te...
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Toilet tiling completed (almost)

 



One thing I learned last time is that preparation is everything (keeping a clean work space and prevent surrounding to get dirty).






Done after roughly 4 hours:

Mixing of the sealing turned out to be a bit more challenging then making your every day Pizza dow - mostly due to the lack of proper mixing tools. But finally it worked out OK. 


It was 10pm at that stage and I decided to call it a day (and weekend). Final touch ich remaining. 



Before I forget. We also have a Gas Therme now. 



Finally the list of open points:

  • Temporarily fix the outside wall to prevent rain damage for the next Typhoon
  • Moskito net for the bed room
  • Decide about a sink 
  • Remove the cable on the open ceiling



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