The day started with Steve asking me if I was “out of the dark hole yet?” … Well I wasn’t at the start of the day but by the end a cloud has lifted somewhat…
845 am : Talk with another parent at school about nightmare awning experience of inlaws.
9.30am: arrive back to a digger, two drainlayers, a builder, a joiner and a kitchen designer ( Steve)
10.30 ish I have:
agreed on gully’s for the outflow ( dreading telling Murray - bound to be wrong)
checked on wing wall location for kitchen, moved microwave location, agreed island needs revising to accomodate pipes ( MUST get around to buying dish drawer. Probably missed the sale I saw! ) , asked to see big peice of stuff for kitchen, debated deep drawers versus cupboards and many otehr petty details.
BIG news is that after weeks - no MONTHS - of trying to avoin melamine with PVC edging because Murray believes it to be inferir Wayne , the joiner, pronounces it more hardy than the shrink wrap option ot two pot. What Murray has been afraid of all thes eyears in a stick on tape - hardely ever done unless some architect wants sharp as corners at the expense of wear and tear.
So lets be clear once and for all: In order of best performance, long lasting toughness :
1: Melamine and PVC edging.
2: Thermo - lam - does allow you to do nifty shapes and details .
3 Two pot paint.
Of course it MUST be said that stianless would beat them all as the finsih to beat all finishes. But we left that port some months ago!
11.38: checked with sparky re the ommission of down lights in kitchen which I know we discussed. This was picked up by lack of wires
12.30 Finally made contact with colour consultant and agreed to meet next week She confrimed my desire to go all through with one colur and up and over with one colour!
1.15 Doug sends an email confirming I wanted fore in red right? Very funny!
1.30: drains all over the place - new brackets getting fixed.
a bit of a rework
drain in fron of the garage
a better bracket
3.00 - Noticed down pipe in bad place on living room wall - but only real option once reviewed. Got sizes for windows in old house and will shop for these tomorrow. Made time to meet builder and project manager toorrow night to discuss time frames and some other issues.
3.45 Picked up Nick back to meet heating guy - now have paper version of boiler on wall - water and power in wring place, looks like bolt MAY have missed heating pipe , decided on heated towl rail size, shape and location. Discussed options for water, heat and light locations that may or not be in the right places….
Old meets new yesterday
6.31: Vacuumed up dust from yesterdays punch through wall. Now fighting paper war with all the brochures , and details that are proliferating.
Must cook some dinner! Kitchen smells dreadful … something dead under the floor… and David needs collecting at 8!
