So Pete started at the Chapel more than a week ago now, the first week was all about setting things up, organising a caravan to sleep in on site, because the chapel is cold and running with condensation and in some places has no floor! Meeting with the architect, building control and people who live in the village who are being very kind. If you are one of the villagers reading this and have been offering Pete cake and stopping for a chat THANK YOU. I promise to make cake for you in return once we're settled.
So far this week Pete has met with the 'Bat Man' who has explained that the warm weather may mean the bats return earlier than anticipated thus shrinking the window that Pete has to take down and replace the chapel ceiling which has to be done before the bats return (probably the end of March) A skip was delivered yesterday and we found out that the drive way, which looks like tarmac, is in fact mostly gravel and mud - it took 3 hours and another lorry to get the lorry delivering the skip out of the mire that is was stuck in. Between yesterday and today Pete has managed to get down about half of the ceiling, we thought this was all plasterboard but it has proved to a mixture of plasterboard, fibreboard and lath and plaster. De nailing the rafters as he goes is proving to be a slow and labour intensive process as much of the work is likely to be. There has been no signal today (as there are very strong winds) and every time Pete wants to make contact he has to leave the Chapel and drive up the hill.
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