Stoked with how it looks.
20 weeks:
23 August 2008
Paint
This week has been all about the paint. Undercoat/sealer throughout the week, in the evenings. A new friend came over during the day Friday and did the first top coat for the ceilings, I did the second ceiling top coat that evening, and then today he came back and we did the two wall top coats.
Stoked with how it looks.
20 weeks:
Stoked with how it looks.
20 weeks:
18 August 2008
20 Week Scan
Here you go, new pics as of this arve. Please don't be offended that we haven't emailed you these. You might still get some more, i just thought this is a good selection...
Don't know gender, but judging by those biceps... hehehe.
Don't know gender, but judging by those biceps... hehehe.
13 August 2008
Tiled!!
Firstly, go Here and see what Luke says about some people he has been interacting with, last week.
I TOTALLY agree. One of my biggest "things", annoyances, is people whose conversation is totally self-centred. People whose stories are almost always volunteered without prompting. Sometimes it feel like they don't really need you there. I'm not just an audience, folks. I might not be an extroverted person, but I sometimes like participating in two-way conversation. By all means, I might be interested in you and your life, but allow me the courtesy of asking about you? And sometimes you might return the favour?
I've been meaning to post this sentiment for yonks.
And now for something completely different.
Tiling in bathroom is finished. Check it out, the first ones are before the grout and finishing...
I TOTALLY agree. One of my biggest "things", annoyances, is people whose conversation is totally self-centred. People whose stories are almost always volunteered without prompting. Sometimes it feel like they don't really need you there. I'm not just an audience, folks. I might not be an extroverted person, but I sometimes like participating in two-way conversation. By all means, I might be interested in you and your life, but allow me the courtesy of asking about you? And sometimes you might return the favour?
I've been meaning to post this sentiment for yonks.
And now for something completely different.
Tiling in bathroom is finished. Check it out, the first ones are before the grout and finishing...
06 August 2008
bathroom
Couple more shots of the bathroom: wetsealer dude did the glassing and laid the angle in the doorway and outside of the shower, and the tiler put in the screed.
04 August 2008
House almost done?
Right. Update then, hey? Firstly, has no-one picked up the total lack of proofing in my last post? No? K then.
Uh, was kitchen last time, hey? Well, since then, I have nailed under-tile sheet to the floor in the bathroom and twalette (nails every 150mm), finalised the locations for electrics in the bathroom, mounted the heater/light/extractor vent tube. (Tricky, and satisfying.) Fitted the last of the ceiling in the bathroom (by myself!), so we're all done with the panel-lifter. Wanna buy a panel-lifter?
Fitted the bath:cut rebates in the studs to suit, mounted battens to support the rim, built a frame to support the outer side of the bath, and the hob (shelf) at the end.
Fitted the villa-board walls in the bathroom (nails every 150mm on every stud). Discovered that as a carpenter, I'm quite an engineer!! Cut the villa-board to fit around the bath frame. I had been using a chisel (sharpened on my bench grinder, nice!!) to score the under-tile sheeting to break it, and fine cuts with the wood saw. However, villa-board seems to be a different kettle of fish. Dulled the blade in double-quick time. Wore the corner off the chisel too. Quick trip past bunny's to mister10 for their villa-chomper (25, rather than 90 at bunny's..), and the right tool for the job- amazing. So yeah, villa-board everywhere.
Alan he plasterer cam by and set all our plaster-board, and mounted the cornices, and didn't he do a great joeorb!! Now it looks like almost a proper house!
Late last week the wet-sealer (thanks Brenton for the number) came, and sealed up the bathroom. All fibre-glass-like. Looks good tho.
Saturday we collected the tiles (man, that weighed the car down... Dunno how much they weigh, but ... carrying them all upstairs yesterday wore me down...) and carried on to the paint store. I ... um, they're all the same, aren't they? the colours, i mean. Like, all those made-up names from some totally other world... meh, this one has more yellow, and this one has more blue, and they're all the blinking same!! No, maybe we'll just get a half-strength for the walls and a quarter on the ceilings... or ... blokes don't have enough cones for this sort of a task...
And then this evening our tiler came by (thanks Matty for the number) and laid the floor-base. Hopefully there'll be a fully tiled bathroom and twalette by the end of Sunday.
And then of course, there's the painting, and the floors to think about. Final plumbing fit-off, and final electrical fit-off. Skirting and architraves. Doors. Nothing really... Maybe we'll be upstairs with 8 weeks? Anyone want to run a book? Or a pool? Or whatever it is that you run?
Um, photos? Maybe tomorrow night?
Uh, was kitchen last time, hey? Well, since then, I have nailed under-tile sheet to the floor in the bathroom and twalette (nails every 150mm), finalised the locations for electrics in the bathroom, mounted the heater/light/extractor vent tube. (Tricky, and satisfying.) Fitted the last of the ceiling in the bathroom (by myself!), so we're all done with the panel-lifter. Wanna buy a panel-lifter?
Fitted the bath:cut rebates in the studs to suit, mounted battens to support the rim, built a frame to support the outer side of the bath, and the hob (shelf) at the end.
Fitted the villa-board walls in the bathroom (nails every 150mm on every stud). Discovered that as a carpenter, I'm quite an engineer!! Cut the villa-board to fit around the bath frame. I had been using a chisel (sharpened on my bench grinder, nice!!) to score the under-tile sheeting to break it, and fine cuts with the wood saw. However, villa-board seems to be a different kettle of fish. Dulled the blade in double-quick time. Wore the corner off the chisel too. Quick trip past bunny's to mister10 for their villa-chomper (25, rather than 90 at bunny's..), and the right tool for the job- amazing. So yeah, villa-board everywhere.
Alan he plasterer cam by and set all our plaster-board, and mounted the cornices, and didn't he do a great joeorb!! Now it looks like almost a proper house!
Late last week the wet-sealer (thanks Brenton for the number) came, and sealed up the bathroom. All fibre-glass-like. Looks good tho.
Saturday we collected the tiles (man, that weighed the car down... Dunno how much they weigh, but ... carrying them all upstairs yesterday wore me down...) and carried on to the paint store. I ... um, they're all the same, aren't they? the colours, i mean. Like, all those made-up names from some totally other world... meh, this one has more yellow, and this one has more blue, and they're all the blinking same!! No, maybe we'll just get a half-strength for the walls and a quarter on the ceilings... or ... blokes don't have enough cones for this sort of a task...
And then this evening our tiler came by (thanks Matty for the number) and laid the floor-base. Hopefully there'll be a fully tiled bathroom and twalette by the end of Sunday.
And then of course, there's the painting, and the floors to think about. Final plumbing fit-off, and final electrical fit-off. Skirting and architraves. Doors. Nothing really... Maybe we'll be upstairs with 8 weeks? Anyone want to run a book? Or a pool? Or whatever it is that you run?
Um, photos? Maybe tomorrow night?
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