A Bit Early...

The construction guys who came to finish the job came at 7:30 sharp, as opposed to yesterday's crew who came at 8:30. Ack. Luckily, I was up, showered, and dressed.

Different guys this time, and they have to work in the rain, which is double-plus ungood, since it was water that was the problem originally. It wasn't supposed to rain. We were supposed to get "a brief shower, lasting about an hour". It's been raining since before sunset last evening. Grrr.

Update: They worked on the wall for a few hours, it's 11 am now, and the rain lessened and is almost gone now. They rigged something up to keep the water from the gutter out of their work area. Then the other truck arrived and they started working on the gutters and roof. I watched as somebody started throwing piles of pine needles off the roof, and listened as he walked across the roof.

Then suddenly I heard something sliding on the roof, I looked up and watched in disbelief as one of the construction guys jumped off the roof and landed on his feet a good meter from the side of the house. I blinked, sure I hadn't seen what I just saw. Then I blinked again and got up and walked out of the house to find out if he was ok.

Yeah, he just slipped. We have a metal roof, and when it's wet, it gets really slippery. He was walking across the top with both hands full, lost his step, and slid down the roof. Rather than drop either his sunflower seeds (left hand) or his boss' radio (right hand) he continued his slide and jumped the gutter when he reached it to land on the ground.

Ok, I'm laughing while I write this... but it could've been really bad. He just missed some landscaping rocks, not to mention three different trees. He landed on a soft layer of pine needles, but it could've just as easily been something else. What was really funny was that he had to admit what happened because I saw him. The other crew members came running from around the house, but didn't see any of it. He didn't want to admit that he'd taken the radio up onto the house, which I gather he wasn't supposed to do, nor did he want to admit that he wouldn't drop his snack to try to stop his fall.

Update: I just heard one of the crew refer to the guy that fell/jumped as "The Flyin' Hawai'ian", so I think somebody just got a new nickname today.

Update: No gutter replacement until Monday. The crew that was cleaning off the roof and starting to remove the gutters stopped when they got the news. Only a small section of gutter is gone, and it's not supposed to rain between now and Monday. Cross yer fingers. The rest of the work is pretty much done. All that's needed is a bit of touch up, and that won't happen until all the paint and plaster inside is dry. So until Monday, no more construction.