Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: Bathurst
Report from: Bathurst
Story filed: Home DIY
Hi people, it's Leo here. Today I am going to talk about Home DIY - that is, do it yourself. You know when something looks easy but is actually super hard? We recently had that problem when we had to chop up old wood. The wood was 100 year old Oregon battens from our roof (we're getting a new roof). We did try to think of ways to recycle the wood but didn't come up with anything we could do so, my mum had the idea to chop it up into firewood and sell it. We pulled out all the nails and got half way through chopping up the pile and ran out of energy. This is where having an electric saw would make our life much easier. We were going to borrow the roofers electric saw but when mum went onto a website that showed lots of injuries from home DIY accidents she then told me I would not be using the electric saw. So far this weekend dad has got a really deep gash in his shin from trying to move corrugated iron roofing, mum has abrasions and bruising in her calf from trying to break half-sawn wood with her foot and also a blood blister on her hand from hammering her finger. I have no DIY injuries myself because I caught gastro and I spent the day in bed. It was much safer there.
Hi people, it's Leo here. Today I am going to talk about Home DIY - that is, do it yourself. You know when something looks easy but is actually super hard? We recently had that problem when we had to chop up old wood. The wood was 100 year old Oregon battens from our roof (we're getting a new roof). We did try to think of ways to recycle the wood but didn't come up with anything we could do so, my mum had the idea to chop it up into firewood and sell it. We pulled out all the nails and got half way through chopping up the pile and ran out of energy. This is where having an electric saw would make our life much easier. We were going to borrow the roofers electric saw but when mum went onto a website that showed lots of injuries from home DIY accidents she then told me I would not be using the electric saw. So far this weekend dad has got a really deep gash in his shin from trying to move corrugated iron roofing, mum has abrasions and bruising in her calf from trying to break half-sawn wood with her foot and also a blood blister on her hand from hammering her finger. I have no DIY injuries myself because I caught gastro and I spent the day in bed. It was much safer there.
Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter
