Paying off Steven, Gilly and the workmen as the scaffolding team erected a huge structure and we completed the entire stud-work along the back of Harnser and started the end wall.
An urgent call to Jewson’s for more stud and nails and then time sorting out my building files, noting the costs.
I paid Steven for helping me these last three days and then, having seen him off, helped the two workmen to get on. I telephoned the building inspector who failed to turn up yesterday and learnt that his car had broken down so that he now intended to come on Friday. Then the scaffolding team arrived with their lorry and managed to reverse down the lane twice and unload a pile of materials and then to erect a huge scaffold that made the building work look enormous. It was a very quick and efficient response and I paid them half of the fee as cash up front that equally pleased them.
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During the day, we erected the entire line of studwork along the back of the boat-shed and then came round and started the end wall at the road end before we had run out of material. I had to make an urgent call on Jewsons to order more stud and nails for quick delivery and to call off the rest of the timber order for delivery in two weeks. I was back in time to thank Gilly for his three days work and to pay him as well. This evening, I carried on sorting my building files out and making notes about the costs so as to be able to know the total cost of the boathouse when it is finished. I was then tempted into watching some television and this meant that I was late to bed again.