More demolition and more discussion...

It has been too hot to do any blockwork, up to 40 degrees in the shade. The blocks are actually too hot to hold!  So they have got on with knocking through into the house. We were astounded that they could wield sledgehammers when we were sheltering in the shade. The hole they are making joins the dining are to the kitchen. The big piece of shuttering is the pillar that will hold the corner of the new roof. On the right is the circular cardboard shuttering for another circular pillar. This will support the other corner of the roof.

We were there for the site meeting. The windows people, the roofer and the "zinguier" who does all the zinc hips and channels joined us and the architects to look at how progress should be made from now on. As suspected, with August shutdown looming the roofer will not start till September.

 The nearest on the left is the zinguier. On the near right is the roofer. The four behind are the architect, one of the window people, the builder and the other from the window company. The demolished wall behind the roofer is from the kitchen into the dining area. The same hole as in the top picture, from the other side.