Day 15, 16 and 17 - work grinds to a halt

The builders have not able to do any work at all because they were waiting for materials. We waited most of Friday and then I called their boss to find out what was happening. It seems that their truck had an accident on its way to deliver the Nutec boards (for the outside walls). Some of their guys even landed up in hospital. I have to admit that the cynic in me (who has been burnt by many a builders excuses) thought that that sounded convenient. However on Tuesday when the foreman arrived to deliver some more material I saw his neck brace and bandages on his head. Apparently the trucks wheel broke off while they were driving to site. Shame on me for throwing every builder in with the bad ones.


So nothing at all has happened the last three days. I have to say that I have enjoyed the silence and the extra long sleeps that Curious George has had. Also my husband arrived home on Sunday evening, from his two weeks overseas, as sick as a dog. He enjoyed the silence as well.

He did however climb up into the roof to see what progress was being made (that's manly curiosity for you) and took some photos.

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Day 13 and 14

They have continued to work on the floor beams and bolstering the rafters but you can't really see anything new.

Day 12

Nothing to report today. I didn't even take photos because you can't see anything. They say they are still working on the floor beams but were right at the back inside the roof the whole day. I hardly even saw them.

Can't wait for my husband to get home to he can climb in there and tell be what is going on and take some photos of what it looks like.

Day 11 - feeling insecure

Last night or rather this morning around 5am I was convinced I heard someone (I suppose in hindsight it could have been something) on our roof. I managed to freak myself out so much that I had to call ADT (our security company) to come and check the house. It was during this time of worry that I realized that with all the holes they've made in our roof structure there is very little between us and the scary outside world but ceiling boards. Never mind that we have locked gates a 6ft wall and an electric fence around or property - I was (still am) freaked out by our vulnerability.

It was around this time that I also realized that there is a trap door access panel to our roof which is now completely exposed. It's in our passage which is in a part of the house where the alarm is not on during the night because pregnant women need to use the bathroom a lot at night. Suffice it to say that with my husband away I no longer feel safe in my house.

To make matters worse today they started taking out huge chunks of tiles and cutting out rafters in order to put in the floor beams. So now there is little to none of the existing roof left.

At first I just felt like crying about it. However seeing as there's no one here to save me and that actually I really am a capable woman who usually doesn't flinch about staying alone when my husband is away I made a plan.

The plan was:
1. Get the builders to nail the trap door shut with planks.
2. Have a new lock fitted to our side gate which ADT has a skeleton key to so they can check the property if I call them.
3. And this one I only gave into after it got dark.......  call my brother and get him to stay in the guest room for the night.

Here are the huge holes in the roof. I did have to climb the ladder to get this shot but I was very careful (for those of you worrying about a pregant lady climbing ladders).

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