Day 83: Restoring the laundry

First step is to move the washing machine and dryer back into the bathroom. Fortunately neighbour Cam is mowing nature strips (as he does regularly, such a good bloke) and is happy to come in and give Peter a hand to raise the dryer into position on top of the washer. Everything we move is absolutely covered in dust, so much cleaning goes on. Even though the bathroom was cleaned by both the carpenters and the painters, it still needed another sweep and floor wash, and basins and benches needed going over.

We have to then connect the washing machine to power and water inlets and outlets, ditto the dryer (out only). This is a finicky job requiring water off water on again exercises. We had asked if the toilet could be moved a bit to the right as the washing machine and dryer take up less space than the old shower recess. The toilet was moved quite a lot to the right, and we were fearful that it would feel cramped, or even that it would be just too close for comfort. To our relief it is OK, although it would have been better if not so close. To maximise the space around the toilet we move the washer and dryer as close to the corner as we can, which necessitates replacing the plugs on the ends of the electrical flexes with flat side-entry plugs.

One thing that wasn't changed was the old mirrored wall cupboard. Another significant cleaning job - removing all the shelves, scrubbing it out, cleaning and replacing the shelves.

Peter continues on Saturday afternoon with tasks like refitting the towel rail (taken down for the painters), and fitting a new catflap on the cat door, while Helen has a lengthy Zoom meeting.

The smell of new paint is diminishing, but we decide that we will spend one more night in 1A because there is so much mess still in no 8.

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