Days 48-50: Another long weekend
Saturday, Sunday AND Monday, nothing happens. Well, not quite nothing - on Monday builder Tony drops off the materials for the cement that the tiler will use to create a sloped shower base.
Day 85: New shower christened, and it's brilliant
Peter and I try the new walk-in shower together in the morning and it's great. The European-style mixer tap with one knob for temperature and one for pressure means no more fiddling or adjustment. And despite the lack of a door and two bodies in the shower recess, hardly any water fell outside the shower limits. We did some washing today as well, so all aspects of the revised bathroom-laundry now tested. So it's finished? Well, almost... We still need to: fit a towel rail and a hook on the back of the bathroom door (purchased but not yet fitted) fit a toilet roll holder fit a toilet brush and holder sort out where to store a laundry basket and an airer. We used to keep the laundry basket on top of the dryer and the airer beside the washing machine. Both looked untidy, and we don't want them there in the new arrangement. We are thinking of tucking them behind the washer/dryer, but need to do some work to make that possible fit a long rail across the shower and trough for dr...
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