We spent the whole day yesterday from 7:30am to 11:30pm sanding, prepping and painting the skirting boards. I could not believe how long they took. We didn't even get to finish. Our backs were killing us and we could hardly move. We got back to mums house at 12:15am and went straight to bed. We had to try and get as many done as possible for installation today.
We also had our floorboards were laid, Electricians installed our rangehood and oven and fixed some of the light switches that they had got wrong and Plumbers installed our hot water system and gas gooktop.
The floorboards look really nice. There is a crap load of dust on them so its a little hard to see exactly how they'll look, but we have a fair idea. Out of everything I've been dreading the flooring the most, as its so important to get it right, because its so bloody expensive to change it if you don't like it.
The skirting boards were installed today by MJH Carpenter, Nathan and his labourer. They look really good. I spent tonight puttying all the nail holes, whilst Pete sanded them back. I reckon there must have been a gew thousand holes...lol. I only have two closets left to putty up. Poor Pete has a heap of sanding left to do. He has sanded all the areas that are to be carpeted and the rest he will do tomorrow hopefully. We were really hoping to do the second coat of paint on the skirting boards tonight before the carpet is installed, but because the paint is enamel, it takes forever to dry. We found that all the skirting boards we painted yesterday were still wet at lunch time today. So unfortunately we will have to do the second coat of paint after the carpet goes down. I figure if we use a drop sheet and take we shouldn't get any spills. Such a pain in the butt though!
Tomorrow is going to be another tiring, long day. We have a lounge, bed, dishwasher, fridge, microwave and dryer getting delivered. We also have someone coming over to give us a quote to have the home theatre set up and the carpet is being laid.
Our SS popped in for a visit today to see what had been fixed from our PCI. There were still a few things that hadn't been fixed. Peter fixed a few things today, but we realised that the Electricians stuffed up yet again and instead of putting in the right light switches, they put in different ones with dimmers and they are now all over the place. I don't understand how they got these so wrong as they have the plan to go off. So the Electricians will now be back tomorrow.
So whilst all these things are happening, I will try and clean some more to see if I can get rid of some of the dust. We really need some rain so it settles. And Pete will try and get as much sanding done as possible. If time permits, I will do the second coat on the skirting boards.
We are really looking forward to moving everything in on the weekend. All we want to do is lie on the sofa and put our feet up.
A few pics of the appliances, the floorboards, the skirting boards and the dust!
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