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Oscar Wildefan
Just done the most horrible roof space crawl ever. Ancient stone cottage joined to an identical one with a valley between the two and a 3rd tacked on the end at 90 degrees. Only one loft trap. So, I'm into the trap, no room to stand, under a 2 foot cross beam, then a left turn, under two more, into the 2nd part that doesn't have its own access, then left again into the one I need to be in, parallel to the one I entered, again without its own access. Someone prior to me, had cut the roofing felt out between rafters - 18" apart to gain access to the forbidden chamber for Sky TV cables. 18" of newly laid insulation, brown black and white co-ax everywhere, overflow pipes from the headers and then a further 3 cross beams at 2 feet high. All the while I'm towing 2 lengths of 15mm barrier to connect to the 2 chrome pipes that I'd already fitted into the power shower directly below and sticking up through the plasterboard and lengths of pipe insulation taped together. Yes, copper tube well de-chromed, nice copper showing through. Also trailing battery site lamp and LED torch just in case of failure of one of the other. Speedfit elbows in pocket. Mask sweaty. Should have taken leak. Make connections. Sometimes, that socket depth don't seem so deep. Mobile goes off. Back out, try backwards through the hole between rafters, get jammed and retrace journey on front like commando. Mask uncomfortable. Replacing insulation that I'd tipped out of way to see joists on way in on way out. Get cramp behind right knee. Lay there while it goes. Wonder if push of Cold header and hot cylinder will be enough to arrive at shower with enough flow. It was after I'd popped the filter cover. Covered in insulation and cobwebs. Look like WW2 refugee. Customer wants to negotiate price on completion. Customer now "comfortable" and allowed home this weekend after removal of old electric shower casing from Tradesmans. Power shower nice, no issues.
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