26th April 2018
There was plasterboard everywhere, Louis and Andy were on fire, well not Andy so much, more a smoking stick. The adhesive was mixed and everything was stuck, a good day finished with all the remaining walls boarded. The guys had made good on their commitment, but realistically when they can work fast they can, now I will gauge if the same exists with the plastering.
I went round all the walls and ceilings filling in divots and sanding out lumps, there is still a lot to do.
I had a call from the Travis Perkins driver to say he was at the top of the road with a delivery of “boards”. I did have to think about it having ordered them at the beginning of the week, that was a long time in the building trade.
When I got back to Ryan and Louise’s hoping for a quiet evening I was asked to look at a bath tap that had reduced to a trickle. Of course there is no simple job, and this was no exception. The screw holding the tap thingy would not budge, and that needed to be removed before the column could be removed. As I unscrewed the shroud, thick black muck oozed out like some alien slime creature, nasty.
In the end I had to drill out the screw, and with a little fiddling about managed to get the tap working again, so Ryan could have a shower after his football. Of course I will now have to find a replacement part to make good the job.
Another Lifetime to go 