10th April 2018
This is big grunt day, twenty three sheets of plasterboard and twenty five bags of floor levelling compound was to be delivered today.
Fortunately not at the same time.
Nicola and her fiancé Colin drove up to help me. Colin is between jobs as a contract CAD Engineer, so unfortunately for him, got roped into the job.
The first truck arrived about 11.00am so we set about the task. The standard and insulated board were relatively easy, but the soundproof boards were missed off because they had run out of stock. “The system said we had them in stock” was the response, but they had 15mm, so they sent them.
THEY WERE BITCHING HEAVY, poor Colin was in really bad shape, and on the last board he almost collapsed, I had to take over quickly in case he damaged the corner of the board when he fell. I felt bad walking over him as he lay on the ground gasping, but the show must go on!
I had notification that my flooring levelling stud was on the move from Chippenham, and I was able to track progress. I didn’t realise that there were other stops on route, it was going all over the place, and I was shouting at the phone trying to it it back on track.
Eventually it arrived, so with weary muscles we commenced the shifting of the bags up the slope. Having more bodies made the job easier, and relatively quick.
Once that was done I bid farewell to my two helpers and they set off back home. Poor Colin, I felt bad putting him through that, but praised him for the effort he put in.
I think that plaster board carrying should be included in the Olympics as a team relay, that would sort out the men from the boys, just running round a track is for Jessies!
Another Lifetime to go 