Mortar query...

[Arch]

I assumed it was something to prevent drying out too quickly - not that they need it, since they stripped the old roof off we haven't had a day without rain....

It's quite fun watching them work - some seem to manage to work at the the slowest pace possible, but then I look as the size of the lumps of timber and stuff they are heaving about and think I'd have to pace myself.

 

[Landslide]

That would be the ultimate ponce, wouldn't it "Oh, yes, the mortar is all infused with Saffron...."

If I ever build my own house and make it on to Grand Designs, that's definitely happening!

 

[Arch]

If I ever build my own house and make it on to Grand Designs, that's definitely happening!

There's a road in Leicester called Saffron Lane. With all the Indian population, you might think of eastern spice and exoticism, but actually it's home to a rather run down council estate, and generally referred to as "The Saff".

 

[asterix]

Did the cat sit there while the concrete was still wet by any chance

No, that's a pre-mortar picture taken the day previous.

The cat is a fully trained building site cat and knows better than to tread in wet concrete. Unfortunately he hasn't learned to make the tea.

 

[Cubist]

Did the cat sit there while the concrete was still wet by any chance

It would make a change from paw-prints........