Courage
Your intrepid correspondent bravely scaled a ladder this morning. Then with the assistance of two rectangles of thick foam to kneel upon, he courageously climbed onto the flat roof of our extension. When we first moved into this house in 1989, a long thin garage connected our property to Tony and Jill's house next door. The house was built in 1925 but I expect that the garage was added during the 1970s. In 1998, we decided to convert the garage into extra living accommodation. The builder we engaged was a very pleasant and competent fellow called Paul who knew what he was doing and cared about his clients. He was able to extend our kitchen by nine feet while also creating a ground floor shower room and a study as well as a little corridor connecting the three rooms. He did a grand job. I say that the roof of this extension is flat but actually it enjoys a small gradient meaning that rainwater never settles upon it. It always flows into the gutter. Mostly, we...