Well, these jobs do go on don't they? It's day four of the paving extravaganza here at Rocklands and I am dead! Hefting stones,sand and cement around coupled with endless sweeping has left me low on energy reserves! Coming straight back from Lesotho into paving the swimming pool area can't have helped- but that's why I'm here! To Work! So we spent yesterday throwing the wet cement over the pavers- a slightly nail biting experience wondering if the thousands of Rands worth of pavers would ever be seen again or if we were just creating the most expensive concrete deck in history...
But with a little patience and a lot of elbow grease, the dry cement layer on top could be removed with a stiff sweeping brush, leaving just the gaps in between the pavers filled. Meanwhile, David got on with building a rather lovely curved retaining wall for the earth next to the chalet, which will either be paved on top or have turf laid.
When he had finished that, Shaun and I got on with paving the last little bit up to the wall and cementing that in as well. We did a bit of landscaping, shaping the earth on the top of the retaining wall as well as back filling behind the wall, and then all that remained was the pump house. Here's a couple of shots from the top of the pump house.
I think it all looks rather professional! So with an afternoon to spare after finishing the paving, we decided to tackle the pump house roof ( a short book- Roofs I Have Known and Loved by Paddy Brown, will be in shop soon!) We started by reinforcing the roof beams by doubling up on the planks, and then lashed them down with metal strapping bands for the wind. Then it was back to my favourite place of up on the roof, hammer in hand, nailing on roof sheets!
Then Shaun climbed in with the angle grinder and straightened off the edge.
All that remains now is a door and we are DONE! Shaun says that's tomorrow's job, I'm off tomorrow and I don't think I mind all that much...
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