Day 1 was Friday but the only thing that turned up was the skip and supplies. The driver wasn’t able to make the very tight turn to bring the skip to the back of house and rather than him take the skip away, it’s now in the front garden at a rakish angle. That meant that all other deliveries had to be unpacked from their pallet and carried into the house – it was a good workout.
The mini digger arrived yesterday afternoon and we struck womble gold – underneath the nasty concrete layer is a brick patio. I’ve been reclaiming all of the still whole/solid bricks. Same with the patio, the slabs will be recycled for the garden path. What with all the recycling going on, the skip is still empty!
Today actual builder people are here lifting the patio and stacking and son and friend are levelling the back and prepping for new concrete pad for the new luxury bat cave.
I’m taking Billy to the allotment and leaving them all to get on with it – what could possibly go wrong…
Allotment Life 
Good luck!
Is there a road at the back of your property!
By the way, my daughter and I have started stripping the paint off our bannisters. We haven’t been able to find any PeelAway, though, and after 5 coats of the stuff we got at Wickes, there is still lots of paint to remove. How long did your bannisters take?
I bough Peelaway online – Ebay was cheapest. All of the paint came off in one go with the poultice. There were a few small stubborn spots that I used Nitromors to remove.
What did you use for a poultice?
Peel away is the poultice and comes with everything you need
That’s great! I have ordered some and hope that next Sunday we’ll have paint-free bannisters 😊.