Day 27 to 31 – 19 to 23 October 2020

The week saw the team spending much of their time in our living room. After careful consideration we decided to rip up the old floor and completely redo the flooring.

When we laid the floor some 18 years ago it was a hybrid model, some wooden boards and some tiled. The boards were Sydney Blue Gum. And the tiles black ceramic. Over time the Sydney blue gum had lightened, in places it was almost blond, a stark contrast to the black tiles. Added to this was the issue of laying a new board over the top and changing the overall level of the floor, which caused conflicts with the doors and windows in the room.

So the boys ripped it out. A tough and labour intensive job. The concrete slab then needed cleaning. Then a sub floor needed to eb laid.  Some eleven sheets of pine board with 28 fixings per sheet. Then over the top of this the hard wood Jarrah floor was glued and nailed. You can see why some people lay floating floors; genuine hard wood flooring is a production and expensive, but the finish is second to none.

As the boys were nearing the end of preparing the concrete slab their grinder caught a stray nail. The nail was flung into a window, shattering it. We heard the bang, but didn’t react, we’ve been hearing banging for a six weeks now, so it was nothing new.

The smashed glass

The boys grabbed me and showed me. They were very apologetic. It was no big deal, no one was injured and all we needed was a new pane of glass. So all good.  The glass was replaced in a day or so as if nothing had happened.

The floor when laid looks great, even before sanding and finishing.

During the week they also finished off other areas of flooring that they’d left.

They also packed out the internal walls with insulation and did other bits and pieces of carpentry that needed finishing in our office and hallway cupboards.

Next week will see some kitchen cupboards arriving and the plaster should be on site.

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