Two days of chaos

Hopefully the niggles will be sorted quickly, refurbs always throw up a few problems, luckily yours don't seem to have been huge.

I want our bathroom done, and the kitchen and the fire places redoing, the hearths made smaller and one taken out altogether, we could do with new radiators throughout the house and all the pipework boxing in. We're having our electricity use box changed at the end of the month, I'm sort of hoping the sparky will tell us we need a rewire that will give me an excuse to have a lot of done. Unfortunately I don't hold the purse strings for things like this and Mums adverse to work being done, my parents did a refurb of their previous house and my Mum hated the whole process.

The metal stripe was too thick and temporary removed. The company leader will speak to the team and get it fixed.

Zengarden🕉 said:

the bathroom door won't close properly

can you describe where it is having the issue?

For example,

Does the bottom of the door rub against something? If so is it just at one side?

Does the door hit the door frame, stopping it closing fully? Where about does it hit?

Does it close at one corner but not another? Which corner?

Does the lock mechanism hit the frame of the door and has to be retracted before it closes?

These are the most obvious issues I can think of and all are quite straightforward to fix, some of which need the builder though.

Unfortunately the bathroom door won't close properly and will mention it to the company leader later.

Id went in the charity shops to see what bargains they've got. 

Hopefully the new bathroom will better suit everyone.  Sorry it was such an upheaval though. 

My friend had something similar done last year and they also found the works seemed like noisy chaos.  It is something I considered having done to our bathroom (but I have been putting it off as I haven't yet tracked down a recommended plumber).

Glad you managed to catch up with your belated birthday dinner.

Getting away for a walk was a good idea - did you spot anything interesting on your route?

I also wouldn't have expected one of the builders to have used the microwave without asking first - hmm!

Zengarden🕉 said:

One mistake was one of builders used the microwave without asking first and WC.

I feel for you. I do a lot of renovations and project work for other people and I take pains to ask permission for everything and advise them of the consequences of the work (everything will get covered in dust so use dust sheets, I will need to walk out with rubble etc so need to cover the floor and I always try to manage my fluid intake carefully so I don't need to use their bathrooms.

When I have others working for me they don't care nearly as much - for them it is just a job and eating any food around is fair game etc so in spite of the pre-work pep talk I have to watch them like a hawk.

The noise and mess is unfortunately essential, like breaking eggs to make an omlette. If you can agree time windows for the worst of the noise it can make life easier and you can schedule being out when they have lots of noise to make.

Zengarden🕉 said:

Pudding defeated by struggling with my pavlova with clotted cream and strawberries.

I chuckled at this - it reminded me of dessert themed superhero cartoons for some reason.

Congrats on finally completing the renovation. Remember there will almost always be a snagging issue or two in the next days but don't let that spoil the splendour of the new bathroom - it is just a growing pain as that ugly duckling of a building site grows into the swan of your new bathroom.