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| Scoop and Muck |
There was a digger in the yard and a cement mixer in the library. Is this Bob The Builder re-enactment day or what?!? After the guys had broken up a corner of the hard-standing last weekend to allow the digger to get a nibble at it, they dug a HUGE long trench for the new foundations under where the new kitchen wall will be, and round the corner where the end wall of the utility room will be. Tony was in the yard 'supervising' for a bit, and I was indoors taking photos, as they left the kitchen/hall door boarded up to stop the rubble dust getting in.
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| Rolly |
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| The trench |
We also squeezed in a visit to Ikea in between Tony's work & meeting etc. I think he has Hermione Granger's Time-turner to allow him to squeeze so much into each day and work at the same time. Anyway, as I posted on Facebook yesterday, our marriage survived the trip and no blood was spilt. We've come back with lots of pieces of paper bearing words like Besta, Tofta, Algot, and Faktum. My favourite is Numerar, which is actually a kitchen worktop but sounds like an Elvin fortress.
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| Tony measuring the alcoves |
Fingers crossed the Building Surveyor will be visiting today, and they'll also pull down some of the adjoining wall to Keith's house up the street as the need to nibble into his yard for the foundations to be proper. I popped round yesterday evening to get the green light & he's a super chap. Mind you, he's seen how great our builders have been so he's confident they won't cause a mess. I'll be stripping the last few feet of the bannister and cracking on with sanding the spindles and removing the last vestiges of white paint from the underside of the handrail. By the way, B&Q's own brand paint stripper is a third of the price of Nitromors and does the job just as well.
And don't worry, if you didn't watch CBeebies about 5 years ago you won't get the full meaning of the post title.
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