Things were going so well with the building work. And to be honest, there was no reason that should change, but some folks believe that there is a quotient for good and bad luck, so we were due a bit of the latter.
This arrived with a vengeance last night when we had a fire. The roofer had been gone about 45 minutes, when there was a knock at the door. "You seem to be on fire" said the friendly neighbour. "Oh, don't worry, we have the roofer in". "OK, but it doesn't look quite right to me", reiterated the good Samaritan. And so it was, probably the bits of felt that had collected in the gutter had combined with the heat from the heat gun to make fire, and several beams, the roof boards and the edges of the insulation were all burnt. I was summoned and proceeded to find the hose and start dousing in water. Meanwhile a quick call to builder was made and within 15 minutes both builder and roofer were onsite sorting it out, which required the removal of layers until the source of the last remaining smolder smoke was identified, doused with water and the roof made safe.
The maggots found it awesome. The adults found is rather scary. But all live to see another day.
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