Monday was a public holiday but we spent it scavenging the 'rubbish' from my colleague's feijoa farm which they were selling. We were offered lots of very useful things like leaky hose, water butts and wood ready to be chopped. When we arrived to collect them, Dave just couldn't resist some of the other things that had been put in the skip. These included some metal posts and lots of plant trays - oh yes and a rather antiquated bike for me.
And of course with firewood to be chopped, we needed something to chop it on.
The builders worked in the morning of the Monday and then for the next two days before Neil disappeared to learn some new skills at a conference for the last days. The plumbers came and went. And Gordy the sparky was there adding this and that - and dragging Dave off for some lunch time runs.
As a result, we gained:
some rondo ceiling battens ...
... some flashings and more wood in preparation for the cladding on the gables ...
... a doorbell ...
... an earth wire attached to the metal in the slab to comply with the newly introduced building regulation...
... the plumbing for the wetback ....
... and the first batch of about 900m of battens for Dave to prime and paint to finish the exterior cladding. Oh dear I can feel some more sums coming on - if there are 900m of battens to be primed on each of their four faces and then topcoated twice on 3 faces, how ever long will it take Dave to complete it all and will he finish it before the builders are ready to put it up? Answers in a few weeks time!!!
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