Kitchen ceiling & Drainage Solution
Monday 24th September
Spent the morning hacking off the plaster from the kitchen ceiling. It had started with the objective of scraping off the loose paint, but it was quickly apparent that large areas of plaster were loose and not bonded to the surface above it. Hacked off about 2/3rds of the plaster.
Rang Ricardo about lunchtime, when I knew he would probably be at home having lunch, and he said he would be round in half an hour. Sure enough, he was , although said he was in a hurry and didn’t have much time….as per usual.
I went over my solution for the roof….regulating the flow of rain off the roof terrace in periods of very heavy rain to allow the drain to cope. This would be achieved by blocking most of the holes at the lower end of the terrace, and creating 4 or 5 holes at the higher front end of the terrace, effectively holding a maximum of 1000 litres of rain on the roof as a safety buffer. When the roof terrace was “Full”, ie holding 1000 litres, the water would drain from the newly created holes at the front into the street.
Ricardo thought this was “a very good solution”, and was happy that the roof could cope with the extra weight of water (1000 Kg or 1 Ton) for the short period it would have to, until the rain abated, and the remaining water would flow slowly to the drain.
He also inspected the kitchen ceiling and said he would skim it again and then I could paint it. He would install a vent in the bathroom.
Phoned Mum in evening …worrying about bills.
Spent the morning hacking off the plaster from the kitchen ceiling. It had started with the objective of scraping off the loose paint, but it was quickly apparent that large areas of plaster were loose and not bonded to the surface above it. Hacked off about 2/3rds of the plaster.
Rang Ricardo about lunchtime, when I knew he would probably be at home having lunch, and he said he would be round in half an hour. Sure enough, he was , although said he was in a hurry and didn’t have much time….as per usual.
I went over my solution for the roof….regulating the flow of rain off the roof terrace in periods of very heavy rain to allow the drain to cope. This would be achieved by blocking most of the holes at the lower end of the terrace, and creating 4 or 5 holes at the higher front end of the terrace, effectively holding a maximum of 1000 litres of rain on the roof as a safety buffer. When the roof terrace was “Full”, ie holding 1000 litres, the water would drain from the newly created holes at the front into the street.
Ricardo thought this was “a very good solution”, and was happy that the roof could cope with the extra weight of water (1000 Kg or 1 Ton) for the short period it would have to, until the rain abated, and the remaining water would flow slowly to the drain.
He also inspected the kitchen ceiling and said he would skim it again and then I could paint it. He would install a vent in the bathroom.
Phoned Mum in evening …worrying about bills.
posted by Chris @ 9:14 AM
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