November 16, 2010

In the move to the new site I lost the floorplan of the house. I have just worked out how to get it back again, so for those who haven't seen it, here it is again. The bit in red is the bathroom that all the work is being done on.

November 16, 2010

At last some progress to report. I have successfully put down the new "concrete" floor, and after some serious effort and thinking, I must say it looks rather good. We also started putting up the new ceiling and have gotten half way so far. Given that it is 2 person job, and 1 of them is working, the rest is going up tomorrow night. In the mean time, I plan to attempt putting up the walls and at least measuring and cutting the rest of the ceiling. We had a window company around today to give us a quote on replacing all the windows. 18K. Bit of a large pill to swallow. I am thinking I might put a "donate" button on the site, to raise funds. Yesterday I started the flooring as well as finishing changing the plugs and switches in the bedrooms. I did do some other work, but that effort can be found on my "good housekeeping" blog.

November 14, 2010

Well I have managed to move the blog over to a proper blogging site, where you can and should leave comments. Seems reasonably easy to do. And if you see this message, I can even email my posts directly to the site. Cool no? I forgot to mention earlier that we ordered the new blinds for the bedrooms. They should arrive in a couple of weeks. We also had a message about the new sliding door for the bathroom. It supposedly arrived while we were in the UK. Unfortunately it arrived in many more pieces than is good for a glass door, so they have had to reorder it. It should arrive this week, so I can collect it along with our new cupboard doors and bedroom doors. (These are nothing fancy, just better than the ones we have now)

November 14, 2010

We are back in the US and straight into the DIY. We have successfully attached the bath to the drain with NO LEAKS!! This means we can now start putting the floors and walls down and up. So we have started doing that and so far so good. The only other news we have is that I am probably going to move this blog to a proper blog site. This is so that all you followers can add comments if you so wish. And I know you do. Will let you know how we get on. Obviously.

October 29, 2010

At last. A day where I haven't bled for the cause. Largely because the carpet fitters are here and we are about to leave for the airport. Still I managed to complete the mouldings around the floor and doors before the fitters arrived. The new carpet does look nice though. The chocolate coloured bedroom now looks like the root beer it is supposed to. Still not seeing the earthy cane in the other room though. Well that's it for now. I'll be back in a couple of weeks. Don't miss me.

October 28, 2010

The electrician came and went. Cheaper than originally quoted too, which is always good. We have a new extractor fan installed, new light switches ready for me to connect and some minor work done. Bath drain is still a not connected. Might give that a try tomorrow. Carpet fitters come tomorrow too. In preparation I have been doing the floor and door trims. I have a new found respect for carpenters. Cutting all that wood and getting it to fit seamlessly does take some skill. It helps I guess to have the right tools though. None the less, we have managed to put up almost all the trim. I ran out of both floor and door trim with just a few bits short. I might be able to get that installed before carpet fitters arrive. It'll be a race against time!! Can you feel the excitement?

October 26, 2010

The toilet arrived this morning, so no more trying to aim down the drain. Unfortunately the bath drain leaks so I have undone what I did and will have to try again. Dang! The frame for the sliding door went up as well as some repair framework for the ceiling. Talking of ceilings, the electrician suggested (in the interests of costs) to pull down the ceiling so he can make the desired changes. So I did and in the process I managed to mortally wound my spotlights (my super expensive ones). They still work, but now need to be carefully balanced or else they tip over. 8 bucks just doesn't buy the quality it used to! And we have finished painting the 2 bedrooms now. Just in time as the carpet fitters are coming on Friday, so I have a day or two to put up the new baseboards and door moulding. And that means I get to use my nail gun. Watch out!