Mühldorf

Today I picked up the reinforcing steel for the concrete casing over the bedroom door. Inn-Stahl in Mühldorf was not particularly hard to find, but roadworks meant I had to take a detour through the town at just after eight in the morning. This meant a fairly long delay. Anyhow, after handing over €20 I got the steel. It was surprisingly light and short enough to easily fit in the boot of the car. They had originally made it too long (2.5m) but they shortened it down to 1.36 for me on the spot.

After collecting the steel I paid a visit to Globus (a big supermarket with an attached big building supplies) in Mühldorf. By chance I saw yesterday that they had a Kärcher vacuum cleaner on offer for €60 (down from €99). These Kärcher machines are not really for use in a house - more for a building site or workshop or garage. Anyhow, I managed to get one before the place was swamped with people. Another (even better) offer was for indoor paint. "Alpina" is a well known brand of paint - usually 10L of their paint sells at about €38. Today, it was on offer at €16.99. Apparently 10L is enough for 60 square metres - though they probably based their estimate on really ideal work surfaces. I bought seven containers (70L - theoretically enough for 420 square metres) of it. I'm not sure if that will do all the house or if it might even be too much. If it's too much, Globus in Mühldorf will take back unopened containers.