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glazed catform Wednesday, September 19 2012
Communications with the work-related mothership were entirely silent today, freeing me to make more progress on the greenhouse upstairs project. I finished the four foot by four foot deck in front of the door and the glazed in the catform using a large piece of insulated glass, a smaller piece of non-insulated glass, lots of brilliant-white caulk, and a number of small wooden blocks to hold the glass in place from the outside.
Later I worked on the steps up to the new deck. I had two pre-cut stringers capable of rising 40 inches in six steps, but I needed to rise 14 inches more than that, so I cobbled together some odd pieces of bluestone at the bottom (including one very large — though slightly bent — piece) to make the lowest two steps. The flight of steps was immediately usable, though I knew I would have to rework the stones for anything permanent.
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The greenhouse. The new steps are visible at left and the catform is in the upper right.
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Julius (aka "Stripey") checks out the the catform from the space above an adjacent window.
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Stripey inside the catform. I put him there (as there is not yet an easy way for a cat to actually get to it).
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