When I came back from the walk with Ayla this morning, I was very relieved to see Macky’s van outside. Hopefully he won’t take long to get everything wrapped up today and I know both hubby and I will be VERY happy to be able to use the new bathroom upstairs, especially since the heater in there works and we won’t have to worry so much about making it downstairs in the middle of the night or when first waking up, which can be rather treacherous. And of course there will be the nice fact about not having people in and out of the house all the time…
So Robert (the contractor’s assistant who was supposedly just in the hospital with pneumonia) asked if I would move my truck this morning so he could open the gate and pull the work van in. He’s going to be loading up all their junk over the day while Macky finishes off the bathroom – which makes me very happy. So that sounded like a simple enough task…but unfortunately the electric gate opener is either frozen or died completely in the last week. Usually the motor starts and if the lock on the bottom is hanging, I just use my hand to lift the plate attached to the rod which holds the gate in place (thanks to the locksmith who came out and didn’t have a new lock to fit in there) . But today the motor does even make any sounds which is not a good sign at all.
I’m really hoping it has to do with the cold damp weather or perhaps the fact that part of the mechanism is exposed through that tiny hole in the lock…but the opener seemed to be on its way out anyway and the engine was running a few seconds too many after the gate was already closed…just not great news. Thankfully my truck is not closed in their this time but we do have a trash container in there which we were hoping to get picked up tomorrow. I guess we’ll be paying the extra €3 a day until it thaws enough to see if the gate will work again or until we figure out the next best plan of action. Perhaps we won’t be building shelves in the living room this weekend but instead putting in a new gate opening system…if we’re capable of that? lol
