Sun on our backs

I am hopeful the first water problem is now sorted.  Some previous cowboys had slapped some dabs of mortar in between tiles which should, in fact, have been taken up and relaid properly as they had slipped. So the job took half an hour and payment was made with tea and cake and a promise to take my builder frame to a remote Romanesque church for his PhD research.  That follows his MA in Medieval French, not the usual trade qualifications!