Tea? (Part 3)

[stephec]

I will be entirely rebuilding it, and I'll do it myself. I built the house we live in now, and our previous house.........and bar the plumbing, electrics and plastering, I do all the work myself. Oh, and I got a thatcher in to do our current house (yep, it's a new house with a thatched roof). I'm possibly a bit more practical than your typical architect.

Is that as well as working full time?

 

[MikeG]

Pleased for you -though can't shake the feeling you might not be getting out on your bike quite as much for the next few months .

Thanks........and you're right. I think cycling will suffer a bit, which is a pity as I am the fittest I've been for a year or two.

 

[classic33]

It's not wise to risk it though.

I had to work to 20:00 yesterday, don't fancy doing that again this year.

I even got asked if I wanted to work next Saturday.

Try an 18 hour day? Doesn't include travelling there or breaks either.

And in your best delmonte voice voice you said yes.

 

[MikeG]

Is that as well as working full time?

No, I'll cut down on the amount of drawing I do. One of the reasons I have been looking for a project like this for the last 18 months is that I am getting a bit tired of just sitting drawing. I shall just be a bit selective about work I take on, maybe limiting work to a day or so a week.

 

[stephec]

Try an 18 hour day? Doesn't include travelling there or breaks either.

And in your best delmonte voice voice you said yes.

My record is leving home at 05:00 and driving down to the east end, working until 19:00, then ending up in a hotel in Leicester at 21:30.

Pays the mortgage though.

 

[stephec]

Try an 18 hour day? Doesn't include travelling there or breaks either.

And in your best delmonte voice voice you said yes.

My record is leving home at 05:00 and driving down to the east end, working until 19:00, then ending up in a hotel in Leicester at 21:30.

Pays the mortgage though.

 

[stephec]

No, I'll cut down on the amount of drawing I do. One of the reasons I have been looking for a project like this for the last 18 months is that I am getting a bit tired of just sitting drawing. I shall just be a bit selective about work I take on, maybe limiting work to a day or so a week.

Are you doing all the internals as well, plastering, electrics, joinery?

 

[classic33]

My record is leving home at 05:00 and driving down to the east end, working until 19:00, then ending up in a hotel in Leicester at 21:30.

Pays the mortgage though.

Double posting. Must be tired, poor dear!

 

[MikeG]

Are you doing all the internals as well, plastering, electrics, joinery?

Joinery yes. Plumbing will be pressurised, so needs to be done by a certified plumber to comply with Regs, and the same principle with the electrics. I will be doing everything else except the plastering.

 

[stephec]

Joinery yes. Plumbing will be pressurised, so needs to be done by a certified plumber to comply with Regs, and the same principle with the electrics. I will be doing everything else except the plastering.

Do you not know a friendly electrician who can certify your work for you?

 

[MikeG]

Do you not know a friendly electrician who can certify your work for you?

This job will involve re-siting the consumer unit, (maybe twice), bringing in a new mains supply, connecting an earth for the first time, and supplying power to outbuildings via underground cables. By the time I have got an electrician to do the live stuff, and the consumer unit & earth, it is merely the job of an afternoon to run a ring main and a couple of lighting scircuits.

 

[MikeG]

Bed time, tea folk...........

Catch you tomorrow.

 

[classic33]

Bed time, tea folk...........

Catch you tomorrow.

Sithi

 

[stephec]

This job will involve re-siting the consumer unit, (maybe twice), bringing in a new mains supply, connecting an earth for the first time, and supplying power to outbuildings via underground cables. By the time I have got an electrician to do the live stuff, and the consumer unit & earth, it is merely the job of an afternoon to run a ring main and a couple of lighting scircuits.

What is it, an eightenth century stable?

I'm going all faint at the thought of it.

 

[classic33]

Who's next to popoff?