Finishing carpets, and a few other jobs

I didn't do the update last night as I went out so this one is going to cover two days. Let's get to it.

Finishing off the cutting and measuring

Fitting the edging, with more flame thrower

Yesterday was very much one task through the day. Bekir and Halil focused on finishing the edging for the stairs. This involved lots and lots of cutting, bending, drilling, cleaning up and just loads and loads of faff. It made the day feel slow, however I was so pleased they were actually holding down the edges of the carpet and finishing it off perfectly. In the evening I headed out to see my friend and had a lovely couple of beers and a meal. I'd not seen him for so long it was great to catch up.

Frosty start to the day

Set for our breakfast

The metal edging all done

Edging the base of the pillar

Working on the weights machine

It was the first cold night here last night and there was frost when we got up. We both dropped Rosie at school and went for breakfast at the little cafe again, which was a great way to start the day, and when we got back the men were already in and working on the final four or five edges down the bottom of the stairs. Bekir then did another small couple of edges around the bottom of the pillar, for example. While he was doing that, I asked Halil to have a quick look at some missing bolts and other bits on the weights machine as we are now getting our little gym into useable shape. They had to pop out to buy some more washers but it's now all operable and looks great.

Halil shifts the Hobbit Hole

Bekir getting the drilling done

Getting everything in place

Electrical work starting

Halil sanding the beams

Drilling and hoovering

Hoovering everything up

Wiring the plugs into the main switch

After lunch the men did a small task in Rosie's room, moving the Hobbit Hole into her bedroom, and lifting her knick-knack shelf a little higher. This is to make room for some new storage units we have bought, that arrived today, with storage boxes so we can help her keep everything tidy and stop things getting trodden on. With that done Bekir went back up to work on wiring the two double plugs in the end vestibule upstairs, shortly to become the music room, while Halil did some more sanding of the beams above the stairs. Bekir then realised there was a little more edging to do, at the doors into the store area on the left, before he want back to the wiring. Halil was then hoovering and tidying up loads after his sanding. They ended the day with all the electrics in and I was bringing my guitars, and the hooks, up as that'll be the next thing to do. I also need to get shelving brackets for all the storage I want up there; next week will be very exciting indeed.

Mountain Goat Rosie Roo

Dancing after finishing her jigsaw

I'll leave you with two pictures of Rosie after school. First of all I went out to find her as she was out playing with Dutch and found her climbed up and stood on the side of the outside sink. She was very proud of herself and even got down to climb back up and show me how she did it. After it got too cold and dark to play outside we went inside and did two jigsaws before dinner. Fun times.

So there it is. It's Friday so I won't be back until Monday. Thanks for reading and have a good weekend.