I left you in this position (For all the non squaddies out there, you will wonder what I am on about. To explain, when learning drill movements, (Marching and weapoen drill) in the army, you would learn parts of eth movement and then when that was perfected you would learn teh next part. For example, to learn the halt from a march, you would hear 'halt' on a left step and the next movement would be a check pace (one more step with the right foot and then a 1 - 2 as you raise your left knee and stamp the foot followed by the right leg doing the same. The drill sergeant would pause with his knee in the air or just after the stamp and you would be expected to carry out the movement. When you were good enough you would then continue with the Drill Sergeant standing in the same position and saying 'I left you in this position'. before learning the next part of the movement. This carries on until you get the whole thing!
Take a look at this video and when he does the 'Numbered parts' and stand still, thats the positions he would leave you in.
Anyway, its just a squaddie saying and pretty irelevent to anyone except a squaddie. I think its funny to me because in my last post - 'I left you in this position'.....
Yep, that was the state of our bathroom when we got back from Holiday.
It was supposed to be nearly finished, but as I will explain, it wasnt.
We had a chat with the plumbers doing the reno's and they assured us that it would be another week or maybe 2 weeks tops to get the bathroom completely done. Obviously a bathroom with no sink, a dangerous floor and no real way to have a shower is pretty fucking useless and annoying, so we werent too happy. That weekend we went around to Buffs mum and dads to bathe the kids and expected to do the same for the next week. But as it turned out we didnt need to go there again.
Just a few days later the bathroom looked like this...
Not much change except for a cleaner floor and an actual tap in the bath, which meant we could use the bathroom! The kids actually enjoyed brushing their teeth in the bath instead of a sink, but it still wasn't the bathroom we wanted. The plumbers had actually not turned up for a couple of days as people had 'emergencies' with water heaters and they 'had to go work on them. I understand that they get emergency calls and I understhnd that when its -40 outside people need heat and hot water, but when they did this for 3 out of 4 days and we had no work done, it started to get annoying.
We spoke again to eth plumber and he assured we would be done in eth next week, or two. The same thing he had told us the week before, although he now denied this!
Another week went by and a couple of jobs got done - slowly, The floor was levelled and the drywall was started, but we still had a bathroom that looked like this 2 weeks after getting back from holiday...and this was supposed to take only 2 weeks in total - They had already had 3!!
Over the weekend we had the drywall specialist in a couple of times, because the mudding and taping had to dry between coats, and it takes...a...g....e....s. But finally Monday it was mostly done and when the plumber and his mate turned up we were quite happy to be near the end. They then told us that they wouldn't be back tomorrow because they were busy. Immediately, we stopped them and told them No! You will be back here tomorrow and this job will be done by the end of the week. He wasn't too happy but after checking his phone he said he could probably make that work. Amazing what happens if you put your foot down eh! Especially when someone has been taking the piss.
The plumbers mate was there early next morning and worked his arse off for the next 3 days. Even when he had put the flooring down and we told him he had done it wrong (the joints were not staggered) he pulled it up again and fixed it. He worked hard that week and they actually finished just before Friday lunchtime! Amazing! This was the progress that week...
We have now had a complete new bathroom for the last 2 weeks, In all it took a month to get done - twice their estimate - which is ridiculous. Especially since when we were away and the first week we were back they were only on site for 4 out of 10 possible days. It is lovely to have a bath you can really soak in. It isnt chipped and falling apart like the old bath and we have enough room to move around the new vanity and the huge new wall mounted cabinet. This also has inbuilt dimmable lights which we love! You can lower the light and then have a really warm relaxing hot soak. Its wonderful and worth all the effort and stress!
We just put up some towel hooks and a nice rattan shelf for a bit of decoration, so its very nearly done! For now, we are not planning on doing any more work like this for a long time. After the garage door, the fooring and the bathroom we are pooped out of having workmen in the house, and we also need to get our rainy day fund back up so when something else goes wrong in the house we can afford to pay for it!
In other news, it is still winter... Just. .....The forecast is for warmer weather this week and a few days above zero... Someone shared this video with me a week or two and honestly, its hilarious because it is completely true. I have done this everyday for a month....
Anyway, thats it for now. Time for a bath in the new bathroom I think!!