And so, yet again, it would all be up to Phil. Trouble was, how could one man, equipped with your standard pair of arms, attach unweildy sheets of iron upside down onto eaves whilst perched several metres above ground?
Undeterred, and with his usual air of quiet determination, he set his problem-solving nouse to devising a soffiting construction system of bit-sized, manageable sections.
At this point (of course) the usual delays set in: a big electronics project up in woop-woop, followed by - surprise, surprise - a few more mini-monsoons. But finally, last Monday morning, it all came together. The sun came out, scaffolding was hired and erected, and Phil set to work like the trooper he is.
I stood by helpfully - a combo of gopher, motivational coach and tea lady. And I believe there's also an opening for a masseuse: all that Michaelangelo-style, upside-down malarkey's pretty hard on the old back, neck and shoulders.
Aside from the (important) fact that we're now almost weather-proof, it's looking great. We're really glad we decided on using mini-orb - makes a great contrast beside the larger corrugations of the walls. Now all we need is one more week of sunshine to finish the whole thing off. One more week. Let's just check the weather report ... Monday: showers; Tuesday: increasing rain; Wednesday: heavy rain ...
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That man of yours! He's ... he's... well it is just as well he doesn't have vertigo!
Go Phil.
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