As my mum would say - "Phew what a scorcher" and hasn't it been today! The forecast is for this very hot weather, up to 39 or 40 degrees, to stay until the end of Monday when it's due to drop to "only" 32C. We shall see though.
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| Grinding down some rough edges |
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| Sheet metal work starts |
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| Bending for the overlap |
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| One side is done |
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| Rivetting the other side |
As the title of this update suggests today started off with Bekir and Halil creating the two hatches that are going over the top of the pump house. We need access, though not regular, to be able to service the pumps, check the batteries and switch from one collection point to the other. They have made the hatches overlap to prevent any water getting inside, which is perfect. It is thin sheet metal that has been rivetted in place. Next week, or maybe in September after their break, they will put a leg on each hatch that will swing down and support the hatch. Right now it is totally sufficient though.
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| On top of a ladder. Again |
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| Grinding out to feed the wires through |
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| Each of the holes plugged again |
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| Really neatly finished off |
With the hatch finished enough it was time to come up onto the balcony to complete the work on the ceiling fans. This could have been a really quick job but Bekir wanted to run the cable behind the insulation and it turned into quite a struggle to do this, as the insulation had no gap behind it and forcing wires down was not easy. They did manage it, however, and I'm sat here now with both fans running on 2/3 and it's making a nice breeze - not quite as strong as we hoped, but certainly a huge improvement. The finishing off from Bekir was very neat as well.
And there you are. There's probably another couple of days of work before the men take a few weeks off, very well deserved as they've soldiered through very hot weather. I'll be back on Monday.
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