This Week in Wijnjewoude 2018: Week 43 November is Coming

Week 43 November is Coming

Ha! This was more a political statement about the mid-term elections in the USA... but it made think about all the stuff I have to do before we head off to sunnier climes...in November.

Roof Progress...

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(I feel as though I am the victim of "she'll be right mate" as we have been (are being) let down badly by our roofing company).

As usual, I feel as though I haven't understood fully - as the person who I thought was responsible for the roof turns out to be only the supplier of the materials. The actual builders are sub-contractors who are doing their best, but even they admit to being "screwed" by the principal company...

It turns out that the asbestos removal people seem to be good at that side of the project but they seem to be fairly dismal at organising the rest.

And, in the meantime. it is raining. This is the Netherlands; it is always going to rain if it isn't already... (Ok, ok, we had an exceptional summer but that was definitely not the norm). There is a reason that the Dutch are the Masters of Water Management!

We spent the better part of last week repairing one roof and then tightening up all the plastic sheets to prevent any (more) water damage.

As I write, it is COLD, but that is infinitely better than WET.

They said the roof "would be on in a week" and there is not one single sheet in place as yet. We will be soldiering on with our clients tomorrow - huddling together in a dry corner somewhere!

Some photos of the week's work - we did manage to get all the insulation in place before the rain. One item of note was that my phone recorded that I "walked" nearly 25kms on Wednesday and Thursday as I scurried around with timber, ladders, insulation, plastic sheets and screws.