Renovation project - removing an old boiler - Wednesday 29th August
The work on the old boiler started in earnest today, John
and Andy are working really hard, John doing what he enjoys most , using big
tools to dismantle things!
TIMBER!!!!!!!
Take some bits to the scrap yard and arrange for the men to
come and collect the rest. I get to test my French when they arrive and offer
them both a coffee, expecting them to say no, they didn’t, so I make 2 coffee’s
with milk, they both looked at the drinks like they were poison! I forgot that
the French don’t tend to have milk and can’t do another one as we have no more
water or sugar. Luckily they are polite and drink them.
the boiler was so heavy it took all 4 men to move it!
The rooms look much
better without the old pipework on the walls, it’s starting to look like a
house now.
With the boiler gone, Andy has been able to get in with the
last consumer unit and plug sockets, we now have a utility room and the outside
toilet has a light, there are also lights in the old stable in preparation for
the up coming conservatory. John had to
climb on the roof to clear the weeds, these were growing in our gutter!!!!!!
John is starting to feel much better now, the tablets are
working and he has cut back on the wine, so all is good with our little world.
The rest of the week is spent stripping walls and finishing
off clearing old pipes, the electrics are now almost finished, which is good as
Andy will be leaving us soon. It is going to be so strange without him, he
really is a part of the family now.
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