Thursday, July 27, 2006

Over stressed

Not me, the toilet seat in the new bathroom of room 5. The (not particularly heavy) guest came downstairs looking apologetic saying it had broken when he had sat on it. This seemed to be due to a bad design - the seat was supported at the front on two little rubber pads, but at the back the hinges held it slightly above the pan. Of course the plumber is on holiday for two weeks so it was off to Galashiels for a new seat.

The weather continues to be stewing hot and as a result I drove to Gala with both front windows and the sunroof fully open. Not quite a convertible but not far off it. There wasn't an exact replacement available, but the one I got is probably a better design. A small amount of flailing around with a hacksaw - oops I mean precision adjustment was required but at least we have a usable room.

And the shower control is mended. Amazing how all these things get sorted when the plumber's on holiday isn't it? I phoned Ideal Standard who made the unit and they sent a diagram of how it should look when assembled. What we had didn't quite match that, so they sent a missing part and all is well.

Not a lot of progress today on the joinery front
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most of the work was concentrated on the framing that will form the doorway to the smaller function room.

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