The company which is installing the solar panels arrived and put all the cabling in place. They are also putting in a tariff meter. The waterproofers coated the bathroom/laundry; toilet and level 1 balcony; the place reeks of fibreglass, (you'll remember that smell Bernie!)
The main job was removing the malthoid (??) from the roof garden. Apparently the first thirty minutes went well. It lifted easily because water had crept underneath. The rest was stuck hard to the cement. Steve had to arrange for a special grinding/lifting sort of machine to be brought in but he needn't have bothered. In the end Richo, Tim and Greg had to use elbow grease and a trusty crow bar to remove it all. This took most of the day. Poor Greggy got a blister! I shouldn't be too mean - it must have been a terrible job. All the rubbishy stuff then had to be lugged downstairs onto the truck to be disposed of. The boys were all itchy. I noticed, from the surgery desk, that a quick visit to the Bottle O next door occurred before the long trip back to Maitland. Don't blame them.
Anyway, just as they drove off, the HUGEST storm hit. On the BOM site the centre was black, surrounded by red. Needless to say there was flash flooding in Newcastle. It took us over an hour to get home as roads were flooded. I was pleased that Sally was up at Playschool and not home alone, as she would have been frantic.
Although the roof must be bone dry tomorrow before the waterproofing will happen, this afternoon it was awash. The water cascaded off the AMP wall and the drain cannot cope. Water was pouring into the footpath on Hunter St. Not that it mattered as everyone out there was soaked to the skin. The roof itself was draining fast but there was about 1cm of water covering the area. Maybe we have to think about drainage a bit more...???
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| During the deluge - hard to show the amount of water. Some cracks are evident though. |
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| The overflowing drain upstairs |
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| The overflowing drain from Hunter St |
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| Waterproofed Level 1 balcony |
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| Waterproofed laundry area |
Big day tomorrow. Meet with painters 7.30am. Then off to Curtain place. My "Steve List" (decisions) include; a) moving date, b) front door, c) design of bbq area and drainage upstairs, d) time to meet Mr Oz Robe next week.
The funniest thing is probably going to happen too. Bernie and Jacqueline bought a house on the weekend (helpfully financed by their Dulwich Hill shoebox.) It is a three bedroomed house with a three tiered yard on a beautiful sandstone ridge, backing onto a National Park - birds and trees everywhere. The smells of the bush and only five minutes from Pennant Hills Road. What's funny? They will probably be moving on the same weekend that we are. It will take them six weeks to move. It will have taken us 16 months. But we always knew we were doing a marathon...suits our mature pace of life. But darn! They won't be around to help us move! Never mind...
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