kayoneuu1
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Post by kayoneuu1 on Oct 19, 2018 5:45:17 GMT
I thought we should stop boring everyone else with our grumbling about tradies donuts 😄
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Post by kayoneuu1 on Oct 19, 2018 5:53:04 GMT
The electrician is gone. He has mostly finished except for a couple of little non urgent things. Everything in the kitchen is switching on and off as required 👍 The flooring guy came to measure up today and said we are the last booking he is taking until after Christmas now. Mid next month he thought he could lay the floor. We have chosen this one www.karndean.com/en-au/floors/products/llp153-brocktonThe plasterer is coming on Sunday, when we are away, to patch and sand the holes in the ceiling where downlights were moved, so the painter will be able to get in from next week sometime. And the tiler should be in early the following week hopefully. Nearly there 😄 |
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Post by figlet on Oct 19, 2018 6:32:28 GMT
That's nice flooring, Kay.. what is it made out of... wood, vinyl?
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Post by kayoneuu1 on Oct 19, 2018 6:39:47 GMT
It’s vinyl planks figlet, but looks and feels like timber. I’ve seen it used often on reno shows 😄
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Post by kayoneuu1 on Oct 19, 2018 6:41:09 GMT
 I’ve just realised. It looks very beige in that link LOL
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Post by madara on Oct 19, 2018 6:44:02 GMT
i scrolled down and noticed the other colors alright . funny, i was looking at some recently .
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Post by joono on Oct 19, 2018 7:02:39 GMT
Nice floor Kay. That will be easy to clean too.
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Post by lyn on Oct 19, 2018 10:36:19 GMT
That looks very much like the vinyl we put on our kitchen floor Kay -
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Post by maggiemay on Oct 19, 2018 21:17:25 GMT
Kay, my advice on the floor is make sure you don't get a matt finish, there is a matt finish and a slight gloss finish i have the matt one here, and it is harder to sweep, and it it absorbs the colour of whatever is spilled on it, a bit porous....i spilled a couple of drops of tabasco and it took 3 soakings of bleach to remove it
apart from that, it looks good and i am glad i replaced the carpet with it, i have carpet now only in the lounge and the bedroom...i hate carpet
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2018 0:51:14 GMT
that's pretty, kay!
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donutsrule
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Post by donutsrule on Oct 20, 2018 20:36:29 GMT
We're thinking of getting vinyl flooring as well, the grandchildren have scratched up the timber floor we have now.
We had decided on a colour but Barry changed his mind, of course. Me and his daughter are going to look at them tomorrow and make a decision.
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Post by donutsrule on Oct 24, 2018 5:35:16 GMT
So....his daughter didn't show up. They are all hopeless.
I got a Partial Pass on the inspection today so we can start the brick cladding, hooray!!!
How's you're going, Kay?
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Post by kayoneuu1 on Oct 24, 2018 20:29:02 GMT
The kitchen blokes put their final bits in yesterday - a handle and tea towel rack ✔️
Plumber is ✔️
Electrician is 7/8ths ✔️
Plasterer needs to come back and sand, then he is ✔️
Painter and (splashback) tiler is waiting on the plasterer
Flooring is booked for 14 November.
We should be right for Christmas 😝
It is all usable and I love it soooooo 🤷🏼♀️
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2018 21:48:12 GMT
great news ladies!
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Post by prim on Oct 24, 2018 21:54:20 GMT
Congratulations Kay, you survived :)
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Post by donutsrule on Oct 25, 2018 5:38:35 GMT
Glad yours is going well, Kay.
Our brickies started today. Great!
However, the lintels to hold the bricks higher up are only galvanised steel and they have to be powder coated as well. Barry thought he'd get away with that but he can't because we're in a sea spray area (not really, the sea is miles away we just have a bog by us) and AUCKLAND COUNCIL. Even the lintel guy says it's bullshit. Anyway, we won't pass the later cladding inspection unless they're powder coated so...that wasn't in the budget. Lucky I've landed another job for the next four months to make up for these budget over runs.
If me and Barry were married I'd divorce him.
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Post by prim on Oct 25, 2018 8:31:51 GMT
They say renovating is the most stressful thing you can do :(
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Post by donutsrule on Oct 25, 2018 8:37:12 GMT
I'm sure a brand new house is worse  |
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Post by lyn on Oct 25, 2018 8:39:27 GMT
If me and Barry were married I'd divorce him. 
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Post by donutsrule on Oct 25, 2018 8:41:35 GMT
See, I thought Prim would catch that.  |
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Post by prim on Oct 25, 2018 8:42:20 GMT
I did, but I hardly know you so was being circumspect LOL
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Post by donutsrule on Oct 25, 2018 9:00:09 GMT
LOL. Let this be a lesson, etc.
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Post by kayoneuu1 on Oct 25, 2018 20:07:28 GMT
We have built 2 new houses, renovated a bathroom, kitchen and living room and done an extension in this one and we’re still together. We must be mad 😝
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Post by prim on Oct 25, 2018 21:43:50 GMT
Which was worse Kay ?
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Post by kayoneuu1 on Oct 25, 2018 22:45:27 GMT
Probablythe kitchen. It has taken so long and I was very disappointed when we came back from our trip expecting it to be finished and it was still an unusable mess.
The houses, of course, we weren’t living in and the bathroom and extension were pretty easy to live around.
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Post by pennybanger on Oct 26, 2018 2:03:47 GMT
We've had a kitchen and bathroom makeover done in the time we've lived here (over 40 years now) Both went well, I wouldn't mind upgrading the kitchen again, but the bathroom was more recent and we love it. We planned it meticulously - even down to a tiny 3D model - and looked at dozens of spa baths before settling on the one we eventually chose. We also turned a grotty little patio into a big sunroom which is lovely in the cooler months, and added a deck on the side of it. Oh, and we had the asbestos roof replaced with colorbond.
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Post by donutsrule on Oct 26, 2018 7:40:25 GMT
I wanted us to have a spa bath, Penny, but Barry said no. So..maybe a spa pool then. The brickies passed their first inspection this morning. They have three. When I first went to book the inspection yesterday the first available date was the 6th November so I kept going in to our account to edit the date waiting for someone else to cancel and they did! After I had, I think it was about 3pm, I went out to them and said "So 9.20 tomorrow morning okay?" lol And they came through! I bought them all lunch today. So we don't need to powder coat the lintels we can just epoxy them, so I've sent them off for that, although I still have to fill out another minor variation form and get the draughtsman to sign it.  I have to paint 500 billion weatherboards over the weekend so I'm going to bed early. Night, everyone. |
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Post by kayoneuu1 on Oct 27, 2018 1:07:17 GMT
I insisted on a spa bath when we did our bathroom. I love it. Epsom salts, good music, a glass of wine and my book and I’m in heaven 🛀 😊
You’re working hard donuts. I’m not sure I’d have the confidence to take on that much. I just tell people what I want and get them to do it LOL
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Post by pennybanger on Oct 27, 2018 5:53:41 GMT
We ended up with a big Englefield spa. We even went to the showroom and sat in it to make sure it would be big enough for the two of us. there was a moments panic when the bathroom man installed it because it only just fitted into the space allocated with a whisker to spare on either side.
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Post by lyn on Oct 27, 2018 6:41:25 GMT
See, I thought Prim would catch that.  I like it and plan on using it |
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I’ve just realised. It looks very beige in that link LOL
