Once we'd dropped Little Prince off at school, me and Mr Messy set off in the car to the local DIY shop. We realised part way there we didn't have enough time to get there and back before the supermarket grocery delivery and a scheduled work conference call, so we turned back. Mr Messy stayed at home while I went to the small but nearer farming supply shop, to get a new wheel for our wheelbarrow. It cost £25!!! I checked on the DIY shop's website once I got home and we could have got a whole new wheelbarrow for less than that!! Urgh!! Our builder had already started work when I got back, clearing the last bits of the footings trench out and as soon as Mr Messy had fixed the new wheel on the wheelbarrow, he started mixing the concrete and ballast and laid the footings. He carried on working really hard and finished the job up by just after lunchtime. We now have to leave it "a good few days" before he can start building the wall on it. I also have to get the reclaimed bricks too!! I've finally got hold of the man from the reclamation yard (who has supposed to have come and looked at what sort of bricks we need three times now!!) to find that he is going on holiday at the end of the week!! I got him and the builder to talk to each other, and they decided that we needed 3" handmade bricks, after hearing how much that would cost Mr Messy decided we didn't need them to match that well!! The reclamation man says he is coming round tomorrow (I've heard that before!!) and will see if there is anything any cheaper that would work ok.
Once we'd dropped Little Prince off at school, me and Mr Messy set off in the car to the local DIY shop. We realised part way there we didn't have enough time to get there and back before the supermarket grocery delivery and a scheduled work conference call, so we turned back. Mr Messy stayed at home while I went to the small but nearer farming supply shop, to get a new wheel for our wheelbarrow. It cost £25!!! I checked on the DIY shop's website once I got home and we could have got a whole new wheelbarrow for less than that!! Urgh!! Our builder had already started work when I got back, clearing the last bits of the footings trench out and as soon as Mr Messy had fixed the new wheel on the wheelbarrow, he started mixing the concrete and ballast and laid the footings. He carried on working really hard and finished the job up by just after lunchtime. We now have to leave it "a good few days" before he can start building the wall on it. I also have to get the reclaimed bricks too!! I've finally got hold of the man from the reclamation yard (who has supposed to have come and looked at what sort of bricks we need three times now!!) to find that he is going on holiday at the end of the week!! I got him and the builder to talk to each other, and they decided that we needed 3" handmade bricks, after hearing how much that would cost Mr Messy decided we didn't need them to match that well!! The reclamation man says he is coming round tomorrow (I've heard that before!!) and will see if there is anything any cheaper that would work ok.
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Janet.I still haven't heard from SW!! Strange! Have you? Any news?
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