Friday, 27 May 2011
Charlie and Emma, this one's for you – cos I know you're out there, and I know you wanna know! Otherwise I'd probably continue to put off this update as I feel a tad overwhelmed with both paid and unpaid jobs...
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| Gutters, pipes... |
So things are still speeding along on The Block. The visual pace of change may not be as obvious to the untrained eye, but for those who are required to make quite a lot of decisions all of a sudden (that is, moi) things continue to steamroll. Flashings, cappings, downpipes and guttering are all on, making the roof look neat as. We are fully clad and beaded, and the carport roofing is now all in place. The rest of the glass for the windows was supposed to be delivered and installed today along with door handles and locks (the choice of which was an ordeal rivalling that of taps), but it appears they didn't make it – otherwise we were to be at lock-up this arvo. Ah well, we can save that particular celebration till next week, I guess...
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| Bath settling in |
Plumbers have been busy getting all our piping and tap outlets in place, and we have a bath! Sitting in a wooden frame and with a soggy mortar (I think) bottom, it has been half-full of the most frigid water for the last couple of days (I presume this serves some purpose but haven't remembered to ask). Looking forward to having a slightly less chilly first bath in our Mizu Soaker one day in the not too distant future. We also managed to upgrade from a fairly short 1550mm bath to the 1700mm version, due to a change in the internal wall in the bathroom (from brick to plasterboard, gaining us that extra 150mm or so). The bigger one now fits snugly along the side wall as if we always planned it that way. Now to the next dilemma: tile choice. A lovely job for Mat and I this Sunday as we drive from one western Sydney tile hell to another...At least we've managed to offload the kidlets to friends for the day, so we don't have to endure endless whining as well!
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| Foreground: shower mixer; background: basin taps |
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| Electricity AND gas meters – so modern! |
External bricks were all cleaned this week, and very nice they look too. On Monday Trent the Brickie returns for a short week to start on the internal walls, firstly the lounge/fireplace wall. The floors remain unsealed; we've decided that best course is to tape up with plastic sheeting and top with carpet everything Trent doesn't need to access and hope it remains in good shape... After the walls are painted (a few weeks after bricks have been laid, to ensure mortar is dry) we'll pull it all up, check for damage and decide then whether or not to try a light grind (the bank may well make that decision for us by that stage!).
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| Pink-batting it up |
Insulation is in, wiring is sorted, and next week we meet with a local man of wood who may build a kitchen for us (or may not, depending on his quote – if not, those good folk of Sweden may build our kitchen, via China...). Picked up our tapware this afternoon and it looks pretty good to me (tho' I still covet Arne's wares). The plasterboarders (is this a word? not that that's ever stopped me before) also arrive next week to whip up some internal walls for those sections that are not being bricked up, so by the end of next week this may be looking even more like a real, live house. Exciting times!
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