Unclogging the gutter – part 2

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Since my last post about our clogged gutter we have been waiting for the workmen to return. Their temporary fix really did nothing. Logistically it is a hard job to tackle. We went from ”we need a cherry picker” to, “we will build a scaffold”. So far these guys are very responsive, for Italians 🙂. Although it has been a couple of weeks. One of the men was attacked by wasps on one of their jobs which made them miss last week. Mercifully this long stretch of dry, warm weather has held and will last for the next week at least.

They arrived today with a truckload of stuff. They visited the police for a permit. They set up their ropes and safety measures. They are replacing a bunch of broken or loose tiles on the roof as well as adding pigeon proofing and either replacing, or unclogging the gutter.

This is their anchor rope around one of the big beams in the house
It goes up into the attic and through a small window onto the roof.
Out through the bathroom window.
Hanging on he side of the building.

So. They were here from 9am to 7pm. They replaced the joints in the gutter and cleaned the downspout. They put up pigeon guards on all of the pipes. They replaced quite a few roof tiles. They are certain all is fixed. They said when the first rain comes call if there are any problems. Pretty much everything that was wrong can be laid right at the feet, or on the poop, of the massive pigeon population we have.

Pigeon deterrents.

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Reporting back on our olive harvest. We got 440 kilograms from which we got 53.3 liters of oil. That is about average. I will probably get some of the oil, so I will let you know what it is like. Umbrian oil is some of the best in the world. We didn’t have much of a harvest last year so we are all really looking forward to the new oil.

4 thoughts on “Unclogging the gutter – part 2”

  1. Nancy Hampton Post author

    I guess any kind of maintenance costs nowadays. For us, it isn’t so much the price as finding a work crew who will come, and be responsive. These guys certainly were. A pleasant surprise.

  2. Matthew Daub

    Not so easy here either! You wouldn’t believe what we paid for new oversized half-round galvalume gutters and guards for our house and garage, and they still need cleaning twice a year. Can you please send your guys over???

  3. Nancy Hampton Post author

    Thanks Caryl! We hope so too. It is so strange that these things that should be trivial really are not in a location like ours!

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