The chiminey installation, and trouble with the second ssssssnake.

Well, as you may have guessed by now, we did not meet our deadline to have the initial tiles laid by the 5th of Feb.







Sean, the plumber cutting the hole in the ceiling, and standing on the grass roof installing the chimney.







We all did our best, but the second snake took forever, and required lots of re cutting of tiles, and there are so many other jobs that need our attention.

It has also been so hot, and laying tiles in the hot sun is no fun. While I was wrestling with getting the snake laid, I resorted to building a kind of tee-pee around myself to get a bit of shade and relief.








Anyway, the good news is that the snake ended up looking just fine,


and



we have since finished the initial laying of the tiles, just one week late, and today Sylvia finished cutting all the tiles to infill the gaps. Now we just have to glue them, and another stage is finished! Just the grouting and sealing left!