Metal then reservoir roof

 Today was forecast to be torrential rain all day and so the men were primed up with jobs to do inside incase it did this.

Ready to put big stones along the edge here

Splitting a plank in half

This is where those half planks will go

Fitting a narrow coander prevention lip

We kept Rosie off school today as she'll be going in tomorrow instead and Angela had a lovely day with her; I also enjoyed her being around as I could see her when I had a break. Bekir and Halil were in on time and the first job was to tidy this edge of the patio next to the path so the metal grid had something to sit on. With this done they started splitting up planks, using the table saw given us by SandS, to act as the guides in the middle of each section for when the cement is poured. With this done they then went onto a task that took quite some time, but is a really important detail; they nailed into a place a thin sliver of wood all around what will be the underneath of the overhang which will prevent rain water from running over the edge and coandering onto the wall behind causing damp. A small touch but a really cool thing to see they are considering. Just before lunch they pulled up the half-planks as the forecast is bad over the weekend again and if they were left in they could warp badly in the rain; these will be put back on Monday and the pour is planned now for Tuesday.

Bekir cutting up the planks

Making good progress

Here come the clouds

Heavy rain for a short time

At lunch Halil rushed off to go to his college leaving Bekir on his own and he started to assemble the raft of planks over the top of the toilet collection points. He worked steadily away and then as he was having an afternoon coffee the threatening clouds suddenly arrived and dumped a short but very heavy shower which sent me rushing to get the tablesaw back inside. It did not last long and very quickly he was back to work.

A storm looms

Rosie and Thelma playing

Heavy rain once more

A rainbow left behind

After I finally finished work I played with Rosie on the balcony then she wanted to go outside so we did some catch-you and hide and seek and then played with Thelma for a bit; shortly after we went back inside onto the balcony again another huge storm, that had been incoming for a while, hit and we ran around shutting windows again. It passed quickly once more and during dinner we were able to enjoy a rainbow across the valley.

The rain is forecast to hang around until Sunday night so we'll see what tomorrow brings with progress outside or in.

Thanks for reading.