Rain, Rain, Rain forms Rivers, Lakes plus Seas and Lots of Pumping!
Last Sunday (the 6th), supposed to be a day of rest, saw but we saw the worst day in our time here at Roselea with 8 hour period of rain,…
Interruptions
Work has been patchy over the last three days, with other commitments on Thursday, rain all day Friday and also rain in the afternoon of Saturday too! Erk! We didn’t…
Postponed O Ridge Installation!
Starting really early this morning, at round 8:30am, to avoid the incoming thunderstorm front, we went outside to have a go at installing our latest created rafter, this time, the…
High Winds Rips Off Roofing Felt!
We woke up to the rattle of tremors of storm Agnes passing over and when we looked outside, we discovered a piece, actually quite a long piece of roofing felt…
Water Pump Blockage Sorted and Rain Tent Abandoned!
This morning, after the thunderstorm and lightning we had from 4am to 6am, and collecting 22mm of rain in that time too, we had to go out and see why…
Friday Mostly Lost to Rain!
No work outside today as it was wet all morning and occasional showers in the afternoon too. Plus also we were only going to work until mid-afternoon because of other…
Rain Stops Work
We discovered the rain was falling down when we wanted to start work on the new week, and the forecast had a high chance of more rain all day so…
Drained Rainwater Away off the Floor Slab
This afternoon, we got out our submersible pump and connected up with some 32mm bore plastic pipe to pump the rainwater that has collected in our house, from the last couple…
Rain, Rain, Rain – Before Floor Slab is Poured!
We woke up to the news that we had well over 10mm of rain overnight, plus the 5mm we had the day before and thus making 15mm of rain! Oh…
Perimeter Wall interrupted by Rain!
After lunch, because of the rain forecasted to arrive about 4pm to 5pm which made block laying impractical we had to do something else. So we moved and tidied up…