House
20.2 – Painting Doors
We begin painting but not the sliding doors. A change of plans means we end up painting other internal doors and, once more, we have to wait for the sliding doors to be ready.
20.0 – Bathroom Tiles
The tiler has laid the bathroom tiles and has begun on the external staircase. We start learning what is involved with painting the house.
19.0.1 – To Paint or Not To Paint
This house visit was not just the usual site meeting, it was a whole weekend. And the story of this house visit comes in two parts: The painting saga and the IKEA expedition.
19.0 – Floor Tiles and Fatigue
The tiler has laid most of the floor tiles. We have a less than ideal visit with unexpected painting, furniture, and fatigue.
18.0 – Expensive Heating
The heating system has yet to be installed and temporary heaters are burning through electricity. During the meeting we discover tiles need to be ordered. A rushed trip to the tile shop follows.
18.1.1 – Waiting to Warm Up
We are still waiting for our heating system to arrive. Both the main heating system and the temporary one they were going to install while waiting for the main one have now been delayed.
17.2 – Road Trip, Stone Masons, and the Log Burner
We take a road trip to visit three stone masons and a log burner store. The house is locked up and being kept warm from the recent glacial temperatures by numerous heaters.
17.1.1 – Getting the Electricity Connected
We left for holidays with our electricity connection unresolved. We had signed up with a supplier and were waiting for the electricity network to connect us up. It was supposed to take 8 to 10 days, but two weeks later, we’d had no news.
17.0 – Electricity and Final Concrete Pour
The electricity has been turned on and the final layer of concrete has been poured on the floor. The internal floor of the house is at the correct level and we can turn on and off lights.
16.0.1 – Transformed
For almost 3 months, bags of render have been sitting in front of the house, and every visit we have wondered whether it would be done. It had been there for so long that I had given up on it happening until after winter when the weather improves.