Tuesday, 19 May 2009

Last Thursday Gary came, as promised, to fix the hob and a couple of jobs to do with the central heating. Paul removed the bottom three tiles underneath the radiator in the downstairs WC and Gary tidied up the pipework, chased out the wall a little and has managed to hide the pipe. Neil will replace the missing tiles and it will be a much neater job than how it was before. Gary also replaced the old valves which had been put onto a couple of the new radiators, so they're all new, clean and matching now.

Gas hob now fixed in position and working at last, five weeks after we moved in! We still haven't chosen tiles for the kitchen walls, we really must get on with that as Neil has booked us in for 8 June.




Tiling has now been finished in the downstairs WC apart from three on the bottom row behind the door which were removed to allow the central heating pipe to be moved and hidden. Just the hand basin and waste pipe to be fixed on the left hand wall and then the pipes can be boxed in.



Petros did the patching on the dwarf wall in the sun room and this has now had it's final coat of emulsion.

On Saturday Paul levelled the kitchen floor ready for the vinyl to be laid. It's not quite finished, it still needs another thin coat and he'll finish it off with a float to get a smooth finish. Bradley will be back at the end of the month to lay the vinyl and the lounge carpet, the upstairs carpets will be done later.

Today Helen came to paint the final coat on the skirting board in the sun room, the door to the electric box and another coat of emulsion on the downstairs WC as it was a bit patchy and showing where the cutting in had been done. That's the decorating just about finished except for the door to the understairs cupboard which Paul didn't have time to make over the weekend. We'll just ring Petros when this is ready and he will come back and paint it for us, along with making good anything else that may need touching up or any problems that we find. Hopefully bringing in the carpets wont cause any damage.

Here are a few more pictures of the garden:

First time growing potatoes and they're coming on well:












Carrots, leeks and red peppers, primulas in wall behind with an unknown plant, this will be a nice surprise when it's in bloom (hopefully it's not a weed!)






Squash in these two big pots. Can't say I know what I'm doing but if you don't try you'll never know!






Strawberries, rhubarb, camelia, primroses:











The alpine border, fuschias, hosta and other plants in tubs brought from the last house:














This just has to be my favourite flower in the garden. If anyone knows which particular lily this is, please let me know.