Week 5 has been notably short due to Ferragosto on Wednesday (tomorrow). Since the start of August, all of Italy has been gradually grinding to a halt, and today is the last day anyone is allowed to do anything useful. Concenzo would have continued drilling, bless him, except that he didn’t want to disturb the peace.
The builders are taking the minimum holiday of Wednesday-Friday, and are coming back on Monday. Our friends have reacted with shock. “You’ve got builders in during August?! How’d you swing that?” It feels great that we can press on when we thought we’d be twiddling our thumbs. That said, the electrician and the plumber are going to be needed soon, and they certainly aren’t giving up their 2 week holiday!
So what shall we do with ourselves for our enforced pause? Given that furniture shops are shut for the break, Roscoe is granted a reprieve from shopping. We're off camping in the mountains instead, to enjoy our new region.
The short break gives us a nice pause to think about where we’ve got so far. We had hoped to be half-way through the works in our fifth week. But we hadn’t considered all the cement floors to be drilled off and rebuilt at the right height. How annoying that it’s set us back a good couple of weeks!
On a positive note, the boys have finished that job now, and almost all the “demolition” part of the job is done. (We’ve still got to cut some steps into the basement, but that’s it – I hope!) The “construction” phase began today with the new waste pipe being laid to the drain. It’s nice to see building rather than just knocking down.
Still loads to do though! I feel quite overwhelmed.
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builders in August sounds just like the twelfth fortnight here in Ulster!
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