Today we had the Richtfest (topping out party?) to celebrate the approaching end of the concrete and steel work (the house is complete, just additional walls to do) and the addition of the first waterproof layer to the (flat) roof. Classically the last roof timbers going in would be the time to celebrate, but what with our flat roof ...
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| Decorated tree top on top of scaffolding |
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| Decorations on tree |
Among the festivities we decorated the end of a bit of tree with crepe ribbons and the builders put it up on the scaffolding. The branch came from the tree just in front of the house.
The owner of the building firm and his colleague then read a traditional poem from the roof wishing us luck and thanking the builders for their hard work. After a couple of toasts and some applause, they threw their wine glasses to the floor which duly smashed, thereby ensuring good luck, health, happiness, etc.
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| Spectators at the Richtfest |
Then it was sausage in a bun, drinks and brownies time (thanks Tom for covering for me with the grill). The rain stayed off until most people had left. At least it is dry in the house now.
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