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With the old
window-frame out of the way, there was
enough room to try hauling up the new window.
This was repacked into the cardboard case for protection and a sling
tied around it with a carabina at the top.
For plan A, the halyard was
arranged in an ‘N’, the left-hand end of
the ‘N’ secured to the lamp-post, the
upper apex of the ‘N’ run through a carabina tied to a rafter above the
skylight hole, the lower apex run through the carabina on the lifting sling
and the right hand end of the ‘N’ run through a second carabina secured high
inside the attic and the free end run down to my assistant standing in the
skylight opening (so more like an ‘M’ really). I sat at the bottom of the crawling
ladder, also holding the end of the
halyard in case the whole gutter gave way below me, giving me something to dangle from and
survey the devastation, estimate costs
etc. Warning: don’t try any of this at home! |
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My assistant
hauled. Surprisingly this worked! (Plan B was to tie the lamp-post end to the
lifting sling and then let the halyard run through the carabina at the top of
the skylight as well in an effort to improve the lifting purchase). |
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I helped the
package over the gutter. |
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Then the two of
us manoeuvred the package through the skylight opening, keeping it secure on the rope the whole
time. Quite a crowd of neighbours had assembled
to watch all this from across the street.
Perhaps there wasn’t much on television? Big Brother, eat your heart out. Perhaps we could start a new series: Extreme DIY? You heard it here first! (well ok,
maybe you didn’t). |
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