swear words!

a learning process, punctuated by many swear words... from working out the right consistency for the adhesive, the measuring up, the trowelling... and so on. *sigh* A very long couple of hours for not much visible advancement, but some lessons learnt (the hard way generally!). Lots more hours to be spent doing the rest of the tiling and grouting etc. Still, it'll save some money.

waterproofing

Greg & Mulvina - the polynesian waterproofing team - arrived on Wednesday to waterproof. Nice blue huh?

a picture of frustration

This is a picture of frustration. Borne from the glimmer of the end of the tunnel appearing, then being blotted out by train running us over, yet again. AARRGHH! Okay, enough melodrama. We found a tiler, he had a waterproofer. Tiler confirmed on Monday afternoon, yep, waterproofing Wednesday, tiling to start Thursday. Wednesday midday tiler calls - oh, sorry, got a big contract, can't do it now. Juuuuust when we thought OMG we might actually move into this house by the end of September... *sigh* Oh well, that's renovating for you, right? And at least it's waterproofed. Properly, we hope. O_o

a little more vanity

Benchtop in, then cut in to suit the basin - yaaaaayyyy!! The guys did a nice job on the piano- hinged lid to the laundry chute. We'll need to clean up the edges of the chute's polypipe, but we can sort that out easily enough. And no... it's not a squat toilet for asian guests, thanks Wayne. Nice ;p

Fan-Tastic!

The Tastic is in (industry name for one of those light/heat/exhaust configurations)... fan-tastic you could say? (or not ;p). Yay! Was a bit tricky initially... had to fit in between a mesh of bearers, joists and ferring channels.

Oops!

Out of 21 downlights, we only made two oopsies! Everything all measured up, but it would have meant the light + teepee was too close to one of the bearers/joists... so reluctantly we had to move it. Ah well... hopefully we can smoothe it all over, and you'd never know the difference!

ceiling space

Amazing how hot the ceiling space is, even in winter! Cables, insulation and our green downlight tee-pee/buckets in place. Still some cleaning up to be done as we go (eg data lines, aerial cable).