Thursday, 23 June 2011

Tuesday and Wednesday June 21-22 2011 How Roland comes and the building site hops

There’s no doubt that it helps to have two construction experts on the site. Roland (Roly) Lahey, husband of one of Mary-Anne’s co-paddlers, has worked in construction most of his life. He’s built several houses and many larger buildings for the school commission. Immediately you can see the difference: he doesn’t need coaching like I do. He assesses the situation, then goes off and builds something, brings it back and it’s done. I can do lots of jobs if the MB shows me what he wants: Roly knows what’s needed and can even challenge the MB, ask him critical questions. It’s fun to see the MB put in his place now and then.
Wednesday we work from 7am to 5 pm when Roly has to go back to Sydney to baby-sit. By the time he leaves we have almost finished the forms and are ready to pour concrete. We’ve even installed the 3 posts for the screen-in porch. We can probably wrap up preparations tomorrow and pour concrete Friday.
I think the MB is pleased to have an equal onsite and not be obliged to teach everything he wants done... I leave them to work together while I make sandwiches and coffee for lunch (DC is in Antigonish).
So, the photos speak for themselves. The pro came in and we finished that job!

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