"The messiest job yet"

Described by the builder as "the messiest job yet" the pebble-dash render has now been applied to the external walls. This involves, quite literally, throwing a mix of cement and pebbles at the wall and hoping that some of it will stick. Quite a lot of it ends up on the floor and all over the poor sods who have to do the throwing. I kept well out of the way!

Meanwhile, the coving is now completed in all the rooms, including a rather natty bit of work around where the projector screen will be mounted to the ceiling. I was wondering how they would do that...

 

The plumber is back in action (hurrah!) and today the new radiators have been ordered. The oak front door arrives tomorrow and the French windows are ready for glazing. We even have the correct glass at last. Tiling of the en-suite continues amongst all the other activity.

I've ordered the new carpets and, following a meaningful conversation with the joiner boss-man, I've had a complete rethink of how we engineer the fittings in the master bedroom walk-in cupboard. A visit to Ikea (Warrington) looms on the horizon.

Painting and decorating is the next big thing.