When is a roofer a plumber?

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         With warmer weather, with sun shining it surely makes people happier.  It is easier for Larry with the amount of wood he used when it was below zero.  He finds that very helpful.  Temperature at 34F(2C) but look at this warming up to 52F(11C) All I am going to say is enjoy.  And stay safe.

Australia family and friends today (Feb 27th) will be 79F(27C) but looks like their humidity will be down to 75% stay cool, stay safe

Family in Cairns, Queensland, Australia will have the same as yesterday.  86F(30C) with 84% humidity.  Evelyn said that the weather there is almost always the same.  Stay cool, stay safe.

Powell, Wyoming with our daughter Jen will be like ours high today of 47F(8C) also enjoy and stay safe

Are you wondering what the joke is with the title today?  When is a roofer a plumber?  This isn’t a joke, but we found this out when Evelyn was adding a carport to her house and the roof of that was added into the roof of the house.  She told us she had to have the plumber do the work on adding the roof.  She said anytime water is involved you need a register plumber to do the work. 
With the building project she had to get a registered plumber to do the work. She had to go through the Shire to get this paperwork approved.  What is a shire? Shire is the most common word in Australia for the smallest local government areas by population. The states of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia use shire for this unit. South Australia and Tasmania use district. A shire has the same powers as the next largest units, the town and city. In NSW, the expression 'The Shire' commonly refers to the Sutherland shire.
If you don’t get a registered plumber to do the work, then the final project isn’t approved, and you can’t get insurance.  It makes sense that the roof work would be done by a plumber because in Australia water is very important.  Many homes have ways of catching the runoff water from the roofs to use as their water source. 
Evelyn and Tom have city water, but their boys do not on their blocks (which we would call acreages).  This is how Larry describes the catching of water. It is hard to find good quality of water in Australia, so they catch rainwater off their roofs and store it in above ground tanks.  The tanks hold from 3000 to 5000 gallons. This works for them because it doesn’t freeze there, cold morning for them is just frost.  The outlet for the house water tank is about 2/3 way down on the tank, which leaves the bottom 1/3 for fire protection. 
So, this is why a plumber becomes a roofer for them in Australia.
Till next time this is Becky Litterer, Becky’s Greenhouse, Dougherty Iowa [email protected] 641-794-3337   cell 641-903-9365   Facebook Becky Kerndt Litterer or Becky’s Greenhouse