Another project that I chose to start myself: redoing the wooden floor of the rooftop room. The guys who done that before set up the floor the wrong way. They did not cross the piece between each other. I’ve found a circular saw in a dark corner somewhere in the backpacker. It’s just what I need to modify the geometry of the slats. Let’s start!
Category: Work
Melaka, Ringo’s Foyer, Rooftop weather protection project
Howard realised quickly that I like to help and now he comes to me with other ideas :-) I don’t mind. It’s even good because I can have a break working on my future version of my blog and get out of the screen for few hours per day. Howard asked me to build a rain protection on the left side (which is transparent). I’ve done this one and took some time to fixed the sun protection on the front. Easy project :-)
Melaka, How to fix a damaged tyre
This is what has done Arjan when we were in Singapore. He has a done a great job! Using thicker thread make the tyre much stronger naturally. The one I’ve used (the grey one we can see underneath) did work for a little while but was going to collapse soon. I’ve been able to cycle until Melaka but I had another problem though. The thread being thicker, the protection I put inside the tyre was not strong enough so I had three punctures along the way between SIngapore and Melaka. The following images will explain better that my poor english ;-)
Melaka, Ringo’s Foyer, Rooftop tarp project
When we arrived at the hostel a week ago, I met Howard the owner. He is a nice guy, very relaxed. He showed us what other cyclists and backpackers have done on the roof and any other places. They obviously done that roof protection that is a bit damaged today, just a bit. I offered my help and said to Howard that I would be happy to fix this. I’ve been working through a week, doing this 2 hours per day maybe. It was pretty chaotic at the beginning so I’ve decided to pull everything down and restarted from zero.