The morning sun is slowly consumed by a thick fog that rolls in as tradie’s cars roll into view. Trailers in tow they pull up and get stuck into work. This week’s schedule includes plumbing rough in, electrical planning, building the new internal walls and hanging a door.
They have a little bit of structural work to do and knock that over before the fog clears.
The plumber arrives and the plumbing rough in is completed. The old pipes, hot and cold water, are cut off and new pipes are installed for the two wet areas in the kitchen.
Working around the plumber, the carpenters continue with a host of small fiddly tasks. Straightening the new roof beams and fastening them now that they have all been installed. Other demolition work, we are moving our linen press, fixing holes in the floor where once walls stood.
Now that all of the walls have been removed the area is quite large. After work we walk around, all we can do at this stage is imagine what the new kitchen and dining room will look like.