Balconies

We received a phone call last week from a suplier of timber to say that he has been asked by our carpenter to deliver two very large beams for a balcony! A great surprise to us as we haven't heard from the carpenter for over 3 months and he hasn't contacted us to tell us about them!
Anyway we agreed a day for delivery and on Monday they arrived, bloody hell they are big, 6 metres long and almost 40 centimetres thick and very very heavy. It is a good job that the lorry had a hi-ab crane on board as the two of us can't even pick the end of one up to move it! even with a crane the unloading was a might bit dodgy as the two strops that the driver was using kept sliding along the beams causing them to tip up at an alarming angle. He managed eventually to get theend on the ground but he miscalculated the swing on the beam andthe other end crashed against the roof of the barn and broke a couple of tiles off! oops never mind its not that bad!

So we now have two beams resting outside the barn and absolutely no idea when the carpenter is going to arrive to fix them to the back of the house above the terrace to make a nice balcony/walkway. I just hope that the workers he brings with him have eaten their porridge as they are going to need it! Here's watching out for hernias.....