diy

 Press the button on the mortar mixer, hold it with both hands as the of cheap mortar powder and water mix to become a grey damp mass, keep on working the mass with the mixer until it is mostly homogenous. It seems a little bit on the dry side, the mortar.

But never mind, the instructions on the package had been six litres and that is how it had turned out. Go downstaire to find the small stepladder, to be able to comfortably reach the top corner of the room.

Now , because of the corona virus closing down the place of work, there is finally time to do the construction work in the little bathroom to-be on the top floor. The slits cut into the walls for the electric wiring have to be filled, and a few holes too. Also the area around the door has to be fixed. It is all a string of silly small jobs, some areas can only be half done in order to let the mortar set. It is a job in preparation for plastering. And it needs to be done before the firm comes to fit the heating.

It is all so that the son will have a space all of his own, for some years.

Throw the mortar into the slits, scrape the surplus off with a trowel.

This is no work for a photographer, it would be better to have someone skilled at the job. But these people are all employed elsewhere.

Three hours, then clean up the mess. And there we are, it is wintery dark again. This work should have been started earlier.

Not a professional builder at all.