No. As I’d surmised, although a contractor turned up as expected to connect the house to the electrical supply, they couldn’t. One man did spend quite a bit of time putting in the Linky smartmeter and the main switch, as shown below, and another did appear to be getting the roadside box ready to take a connection, but when he’d finished the two cables in the green ‘gaines’ were still above ground as they’d been yesterday.
Didier was on scene to open up the house for them and he thought that they might be along tomorrow to lay the floor-levelling screed. He said that it would be by the end of the week anyway, but I hope that it will be tomorrow because it’s forecast to be sunny and dry, which will give the interior a chance to dry out afterwards.
On another subject, we’re expecting more rain and high winds the day after tomorrow so I didn’t want to leave my last-standing ‘tonnelle’ with a gaping hole in its roof from where the last dose of strong winds had damaged its top cover and blown it off. I found some strong tape in the old sewing box that I brought with me from the UK and used it to patch the tears.
I then had to remove the whole roof to replace the panel and put it back on again, so now it’s just a matter of waiting and seeing if my hand-sewing holds up. I’ll let you know how it goes and I’m keeping my fingers crossed 😐
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