2009 Demolition Derby

Now that the plumber has done his thing Mark got stuck into getting the ensuite ready for tiling. Glued the concrete floor sheets down - 2 layers, plus another layer under the floor over each join. It shouldn't move anywhere! Measured, cut and glued the wall sheets on Sat - Simon arrived at 8am and had completely tiled & grouted the walls and tiled the floor by 3pm. Amazing and it looks fantastic! He will be back on Monday to grout the floor...then we can install the fittings.

This week... Mark started work on the floor joists in the study... I bought wall tiles & gas hot water system for the ensuite Mark dup holes to access the pipes for the plumber Fri - The plumber arrived early (hooray) and has completed all the ensuite plumbing. He just needs to come back & connect the water to the new gas heater system Sat - Nick come over & helped Mark put on the ridge cap on the roof. It is supposed to rain tomorrow so thought we'd better get it done!

This week in renovation land...Mark spent most of the week working on lots of fiddly bits and pieces. rendered the cracks in the hallway walls turned our bedroom door so it opens against the wall replaced a couple of floorboards in our bedroom and arranged for the tiler & the plumber to come and give us a quote Booked Simon (tiler) for the weekend of the 23rd (yes May)  The plumber is tentatively booked to come Fri 15/5 pending his quote.  I phoned electricians and grano's to try & tee up quotes Electrician, said he'd come over on Friday - surprise surprise, he never showed up 2 grano contractors: both need plans to do a quote. I posted a set to one & the other said he'd come over Saturday to pick up plans & discuss what we need. Surprise, surprise...(again) the grano bloke didn't turn up. Grrrr contractors.

This week we continued bricking up the internal walls in the study.

Monday 20th Mark started putting in the floor joists. I soldered my leadlight. I didn't do a very good job, so I'll have to go see Bert to learn how to fix it. Tuesday 21st I didn't do much as I was sick with a throat infection. Mark finished the floor joists and started working on the ceiling joists. Wednesday 22nd Mark finished the ceiling joists in the ensuite and I rendered the vanity wall. Mark smoothed and leveled my rendered wall - looks great! I helped Mark attach the aircell insulation to the ensuite ceiling joists & roof rafters. Thursday 23rd I went to Design glass to fix up my leadlight window. Turned out that I didn't have the iron hot enough, so it was easily fixed and yes the soldering did cover up the most of my leading mistakes. I spent the afternoon cementing my leadlight. Mark spent the day cleaning out the garage so we will have somewhere to store the gyprock when it arrives tomorrow. Wow I haven't seen the garage this clean in ages! But no

Monday 13th Easter Monday....another day of leisure. Yeah. Tuesday 14th It's been so long since I updated the blog...I can't remember what we did today. Wednesday 15th Mark cut out the bricks between the ensuite & our bedroom & I went to pick up the timber for the door frame. Nephew David dropped in to use the gargage & tools to do an oil change & helped me carry out bricks as Mark knocked out the wall. What a mess! Thursday 16th Mark built the door frame for the ensuite, screwed it in and bricked up the wall again - well most of it...only 3 bricks to go, but had to knock off because the kids came over for a BBQ dinner. I went to ECU Joondalup for a meeting & printed out all the work I've done for the past 4 months. Had a great dinner with Tara, Nick, Bree, nephew David & niece Kacey. Thanks for the desserts Kacey! Friday 17th Mark was not a well puppy this morning...I think it must have been something he drank (?). He got up late & then went ba