We started the week by doing all the finishing touches to the roof.  The first job was to cut all the roof tiles around the Velux roof windows.  As usual things don’t always go in our favour, and with all the tricky cuts we had to do to get the roof tiles in and fitted, this was one of those times.  Once that was done we set about fitting the top edge abutment kit which is a specialist roof ventilation system, then Stu set about finishing the guttering and down pipe while I made a start on cutting the lead flashing to length.  I woke up to heavy rain Tuesday morning and the weather forecast didn’t look like things would improve greatly throughout the day, so on safety grounds we took a day off.  On Wednesday I set about fixing the lead flashing into place while Stu pointed up the tiles on the two gable ends.  We actioned a few minor snagging points and then that was the roof all done and finished.
 

We had a set of three metre long, 5 piece bi-fold doors delivered to site earlier in the week which came in a kit form, and we made a start on putting things together.  The first job was to make the frame up.  Having gone through all the parcels when they had been delivered we couldn’t find a set of instructions or a tick off list for what we should have had delivered.  I contacted the manufacturer and they emailed me over a set of instructions, but unfortunately they were for a three door installation, but the principles seemed the same.  We soon realised that we were missing some of the specialist screws which were of a particular size.  We tried some similar screws that we had on the van, but they weren’t up to doing the job.  So we had to take a trip to a stockist in Peterborough where we could get the screws in singles rather than getting a box of 200 when we only needed two.  All this extra time and hassle just because someone hadn’t put the required number of screws in the box!  As we progressed we soon noticed that the number of hinges didn’t match the number of doors that we had either?  But as we had no check off list, we couldn’t confirm this.  I contacted the manufacturer again and explained our situation.  After some oohing and arhing we were told that we must have a three door hardware kit and not a five door kit, but as we hadn’t flagged this up within the first 48 hours they were trying to wash their hands of things.  I did explain that we didn’t receive any instructions, a check off sheet or several key parts so they weren’t exactly in a position to play the high ground.  I took up my case with the retailer who was really helpful in the circumstances and would be able to get us a new hardware kit that we could pick up first thing Monday morning.  Not ideal but the best it was going to get.
 

After all that, we couldn’t progress with the doors, so on the Friday I put in the roof insulation while Stu ran in new electric cable feeds to meet up with the existing.  Once that was done, Stu and I did think about what work we could do for the afternoon, but as the World Cup was about to start at 1pm and it is only on every four years, we thought it only right to go home and watch the football!  Come on you England!