April 17th

Rain stopped play for the roofers, though now the entire roof is felted and batoned, dad and I can carry on. Rather jealous that they're off down the pub though- hmmm. Dad and I in a system now- I clean the floor- chiselling off excess concrete, sweeping, lay down the radon barrier, measure the insulation and mark where he needs to cut, then we lay it all down. attatching the skirt is a 2 man job as it keeps sticking to everything bar where you want it- so I go ahead, un rolling it and peeling off the back while Dad sticks it in place (this is a shall we say cosy? experience in the downstairs toilet) I lay down the egg boxes, cutting some to fit. Dad preps all the pipe work, drilling holes where it'll go through walls and plumbing it into the manifold. We then team work laying down the underfloor heating pipes in a pattern more or less to the plans detailed by the company. A few heated moments, laughs and mishaps later- involving trodden on fingers, broken nobbles, pipes dropping on heads etc... and we still get on, and it seems like it'll work.