The last day supervising the building team
The last day supervising the building team

The last day supervising the building team, finishing off, insulating and lining the long storage cupboards, and tidying the site after paying the workers a bonus.

To bed very late (at nearly 1.00am) glad to have put the continuous and formal period of employing builders behind me and looking forward to going home for a few days.

It was a fine day for the last day of the 11th and final week for which I employed the Heronshaw building team. I was out with Dave and Steve and we got straight down to finishing off the long storage cupboards, giving them a double skin of Masterboard and a 100mm insulation layer of mineral wool. This took us most of the day and then, to finish off, I got David to form the larder/cupboard and then to use his large skill saw to rip down the door linings to the right size. I gave both him and Steve a bonus for the end of the job and left myself the option of getting any or all of them back to finish off the large number of small jobs that are left when a house is being built.

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This evening, I spent many hours clearing away the rubbish from the site and then sweeping out Harnser before turning off power and water to lay the building up. I telephoned Diana today and explained that I was coming home in the morning and not tonight. That dreadful woman next door, Doris Vincent, came round to try to talk to me about the making up of the road and her reluctance to pay the amount apportioned to her. I gave her little time as I am becoming quite fed up with her! To bed very late (at nearly 1.00am) glad to have put the continuous and formal period of employing builders behind me and looking forward to going home for a few days.