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Monday, September 26, 2005
Wherever I slay my cat, that's my home
Project 'house' is coming along quite nicely, thanks for asking.
We spent the weekend tiling the lounge with big grey slate tiles. It looks really nice so it's worth it, but boy was it hard going. You have to cut the tiles (using a very messy and noisy water-cooled machine), mix up the adhesive and lay the tiles, making sure to keep them as clean as possible. This took about 9 hours to do. Then you have to clean them all again, getting every last bit off them before sealing them with some nasty stuff, then grout, then clean again, then seal again. We've still got the last two bits to do, even though we worked solidly all weekend.
So both bedrooms are now plastered, painted and carpeted, as are the landing, stairway and hall. The spare bedroom is finished - it's got curtains. The main one's still needs a few finishing touches but it's as good as done. The kitchen needs some plasterwork doing, the fireplace building and some skirting... and then that's done. The lounge floor needs finishing, then we have to put some skirting up, paint and... that's it!
DIY's a bugger.
(Little quiz: what does B&Q stand for? Answer tomorrow.)
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