May 23, 2007 Kaitaia, New Zealand

Date:  Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Kaitaia, New Zealand

Today was a good day for ducks.  We had almost continuous rain and at times a downpour for most of the morning and into part of the afternoon.  The roofers were trying to put the metal roof on but finally got rained out.  The water collected on top of the ceiling panels and then would leak down through any hole that it could find resulting in water all over the floors inside the house.  Three people were continuously pushing water out the doorways. 

 

Outside one crew worked through most of the rain putting up the insulation between the battens.  At one point they were afraid that if they slipped in the mud on the high side they might end up under the house someplace before they stopped.

 

I worked with a crew of three or four screwing the ceiling panels up to the bottom of the trusses.  This had to be done before the temporary support system could be removed underneath.  We had to drill holes for the screws and then countersink the hole so that the screws would install correctly.  The only problem was that every time we would drill a hole the rain water from on top the ceiling would start pouring out.  The trick was to stick the screw into the hole quickly.  We managed to get about three fourths of the house done and will finish tomorrow.

 

This evening we went to the RSA (Returned Service Association) for dinner.  Had a dory fish dinner with chips.  Pretty good!

 

Even with the rain it was still a good day.