Today We Have The Joiners In

[poliphilo]

 When I was a kid I used to sleep under a sloping roof with a few inches of plasterboard and tiling between me and the open sky. It was  bloody cold- much as it has been in our house these past few days and nights.

The new bedroom windows are held in place by chewing gum. Last night there was a bit of a wind and they creaked like a ship in a gale. There's nowhere to hang curtains or blinds so we blocked out the light by wheeling a couple of clothes racks in front of them. 

Ophelia Field says the British national character- and our ideas of what it means to be gentlemanly and ladylike- were first formulated by Addison and Steele in The Spectator. I haven't read The Spectator; I don't suppose many my age and younger have. Addison was a little chilly, but Field is clearly fond of Dick Steele- who was a rackety, hapless man who seems to have tried very hard to be good.

We have joiners here this morning. They're putting a false ceiling in the kitchen. 

Comments

[michaleen.livejournal.com]

I did not know that carpentry and joinery are considered two seperate trades.

The things I learn following your LJ never cease to amaze me. First oven bottoms and now this.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I had the difference explained to me once, but I've forgotten what it is.

[veronica-milvus.livejournal.com]

The windows should not creak! Get the fitters back in to have a look at it!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Ah, they're not finished. They're fairly securely fixed in place but there's still lots to be done.

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

Are the windows finished?
They should not creak. The seal should make them as airtight as possible.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

No, they've not been finished.

They haven't put any sealant on them yet.

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

That accounts for it then.