- I have been away a lot
- It’s not my room and I hardly ever go in there (even when dust bunnies roll out the door when it’s opened) and
- I have been away a lot.
Some time passes…
Hubby tells me that he now has a bucket in the room to catch the drips and I should go and look at it (which I duly do). I am a little concerned at this point as the ceiling appears to be sagging in exactly the way that you wouldn’t expect it to*2 and I ask about the roofer’s number. It seems that hubby doesn’t have the number (although to be fair, he did ask for it but then his phone ‘ate’ it on saving). It was another visit to next door and then we had a visit from Russ the Roofer.
Russ sucked air in over his teeth (as they do) and quoted a price which seemed reasonable to me (not being a roofer). He told us he could start in 2 weeks (after his summer holiday) and I booked a space in my busy schedule.
Tuesday after yet more rain, hubby tells me that he “needs a bigger bucket” and the drip has now expanded to three. Wednesday I go away and come home Thursday night. Friday we go out for a while and we come in to find a smallish section of ceiling has detached itself from the rest and has landed partly in and mostly around the bucket. The weekend passes without incident and after an exhausting Sunday we go to bed after a nice glass of red.
2a.m. Sunday night there is a loud bang…..
…it’s the ceiling…
…it’s now on the floor…
…we now have 6 buckets on the floor and are awaiting the plasterer as well as the roofer …we need a new carpet and since all that’s going on I think a bit of re-decorating will be called for.. Any volunteers?
*1Try saying that after 4 glasses of Merlot…
*2Something akin to the way that spaceships hang in the air in exactly the way that bricks don’t…
1 comment:
Ohhhhhhh deaaar ... N's Late Roman Archers have become submariners, then? What date's the painting party? Count me in ;-)
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