Steve Maskery
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At some point during the recent storms, I have lost a ridge tile. The tile is still on the roff, just not on the ridge, which is why I don't know how long it's been like that, I noticed it yesterday.
We have a local Facebook group, so I asked if anyone could recommend someone.
Within a few minutes someone said they could and he would send his dad round to take a look.
So Dad turns up.
Dad: I was born in this house. There were 9 of us. Mum and Dad and 5 kids. Then my Auntie and Uncle were killed in a road accident, so the two surviving daughters came to live with us too.
(it was 3-bed with no bathroom, it's now 2-bed, neither of them massive).
Steve: Really? Wow!
D: I laid that concrete for the ginnel (shared driveway), 40 year ago.
S: It's all broken!
D: The guarantee has run out.
It turns out he also laid the base for the old shack that I knocked down and helped to build the old shack itself.
That's it, really. He's coming on Saturday to fix the roof. I hope we don't get another downpour before then.
We have a local Facebook group, so I asked if anyone could recommend someone.
Within a few minutes someone said they could and he would send his dad round to take a look.
So Dad turns up.
Dad: I was born in this house. There were 9 of us. Mum and Dad and 5 kids. Then my Auntie and Uncle were killed in a road accident, so the two surviving daughters came to live with us too.
(it was 3-bed with no bathroom, it's now 2-bed, neither of them massive).
Steve: Really? Wow!
D: I laid that concrete for the ginnel (shared driveway), 40 year ago.
S: It's all broken!
D: The guarantee has run out.
It turns out he also laid the base for the old shack that I knocked down and helped to build the old shack itself.
That's it, really. He's coming on Saturday to fix the roof. I hope we don't get another downpour before then.