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I am continuing to demolish my observatory. I laid two ladders across the building and then lifted and pushed the heavy dome base ring over the edge. It broke once it was overhanging. Though still held together by the rubber skirt. I used scissors to free it. So that it fell to the ground in pieces. Without damaging the adjacent shed.
Then it was a matter of undoing 32 galvanized nuts to free the dome rotation rollers. Which was rather time consuming. Despite the use of a socket set and long drive extension. I had to stand on a low stepladder to reach each roller. There is not much left that is worth saving from the building now. Except the timber of course.
I continued work in the afternoon. When it was sunny and reach 51F/11C and I made rapid progress. Yet again I was delayed by crap Torx screws and or/bits. Requiring constant changing to new bits. To avoid them spinning in the screw heads.
I have now shifted my attention to the rear of the building. Where there is a 90cm/3' drop off the gravel foundation pad. Unless the plywood is released I cannot reach the long screws. Which are holding the skeleton together.
16.00 and I have come back in for a rest. It is quite hard work going up and down the ladders. The battery powered screwdriver demands some pressure applied to the many screws. All of which are skewed and on the outside of the building. Meaning I have to hang over the drop while clinging to the upright posts.
It is rather depressing having to take down all my original work. In designing and building the observatory as I went along. I wish I had made the building further away from the shed. It proved all but impossible to access the nearest panels and structure because I could not bring a ladder to bear. So I made a short roof ladder and leaned across from the shed roof. Which itself, is rather fragile. A corrugated asphalt and paper lamination called Onduline. I built the shed myself over 20 years ago.
Saturday 8th: Demolition was paused to due to flu.
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