Keeping an eye on the incoming clouds was one of our main jobs for this week, and seems every other one was bringing with it rain!  The object for the week was to get the brick and block work up to height for the second scaffold lift.  But we also needed to get the structural steel delivered and in place.

The first part of the week we continued to work on the brick and block work, diving for cover from time to time as the rain clouds headed in, and trying to do our best in the wet conditions.  I liaised with David at the builder’s merchant to get a further delivery of materials, consisting of more blocks and bricks, which was organised for delivery on the Wednesday.  I also placed an order for the floor joist timber to be delivered onto site on the Friday.  Upon speaking with the steel people, I was told it would be delivered on Thursday pm. 

On the Wednesday, Wayne the brickie was doing the Corbel section of brickwork ready for the steel to sit on when it arrived, with Stu making sure he was good for cement, bricks and blocks.  I worked out the first floor timber joist plan, and bedded the joist hangers into the block work so they were in place awaiting the timber to go in.

Thursday and Friday Wayne was not on site, so Stu and I set about shredding the last of the garden foliage, which was ok in the morning, but not so much fun in the afternoon when it just kept on raining.  When it got to around 3pm, I chased the steel people for an estimated time of arrival for the steel, only to be informed the driver was running late and would not be delivering to us today, thanks for letting us know!  Good thing I checked or we could have been waiting around for nothing!

On Friday we took delivery of the joist timber, and the structural steel turned up as well.  Stu and I also loaded out more bricks and blocks, and took the remaining bricks and blocks round the back to keep the driveway as clear as possible, and all this in pouring rain, bloody weather!  By lunch time we both soaked through, so called it a day and headed off home to get dry.