We went to Center Parcs with Grandma and Grandpa mid April. Twas a nice break from the smell of dusty things and the daily dip in a hot tub has kept me going since. We came back with some souvenirs through the paint your own pottery studio.
The roofing company came throughout April to remove the entire chimney behind the dining room wall, fix the chimney top of the living room hearth and replace the roof above my room and the upstairs bathroom.
This was a fun day, I’m glad we were home for this. Tim asked if we needed to protect stuff in my room and the roofer said no – I think he assumed we have a ceiling, because the answer should have definitely been ‘yes’.
I came into the room just after they took the felt off and all the water that had collected on the roof started falling through the boards onto my bed! Luckily I came in just as it started and we had plastic sheeting and a large box nearby.
Also, it was raining so when the boards had been removed, it started raining all over my stuff. Mostly boxes of books so I now have a bunch of damp books. Well, damper.
These photos show the new roof, the removed chimney and the what-the-hell jumbled nonsense of bricks below the flue. Good thing we did this as the weather warms up because yes, that pipe is a hole going directly into the dining room. We have a plastic bag taped on the inside part to catch the rain. High tech stuff.
Also, the red room is no longer red because I’ve almost finished plastering, woop woop!
And another also, the last hibernating butterfly (that I know of) flew out of the house today ??
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