Pilot Holes & Screws

900mm Scaffold boards drilled with 3 pilot holes or 4 if a split can be seen forming in the board

A couple of degrees colder than yesterday only about 11C but zero wind and chill factor and the sun was out so another mild morning on the allotment, just a shorter visit today as I was off to have lunch with my daughters & grandson today.

Drilling pilot holes in the 900mm (3ft) scaffold boards and screwing in decking screws to get ready to assemble more raised bed frames.

Complete the second raised bed frame for beds 12 & 12a, then pre drilled more 900mm (3ft) scaffold boards.

I didn't feel like I made as much progress as yesterday, and the weather is not looking good all the way to Christmas at the moment. harvest the last of the beetroots for my grandson as he loves them.

After lunch I made a trip to Wicks to get more decking screws.

Decking screws placed into the pilot holes. 

TX Headed Decking Screws then screwed into the scaffold boards. 

One board fixed to the end of the open U framework, and more virgin boards brought up from the pile at the entrance to the plot

Boards with screws lowered into the couple of raised bed frames, for temporary storage. 

More 900mm virgin boards moved up from the pile of boards by the entrance, drilled and then a number of the older 900mm boards that need the end bands removed stacked over the joints in the lower boards on roofing battens for air flow so they can dry out. Looking at the forecast they are going to get wet as rain is forecast for the next 14 days at the moment. 

State of play at the end of my visit. Then harvesting beetroots and getting ready to go for lunch with my girls and grandson.