End of term meeting

Yesterday was the last day of work before the Easter holiday. It started with a meeting between ourselves, the project manager, the site manager and the foreman. The chief item on the agenda was windows. The builders are keen to get the order for our windows placed, and had been given a detailed specification for our house by the window company.

So we went through the elevation plans window by window, approving or correcting what they had intended to give us. The only big serious sticking point was the front door: the one they had chosen was very different from what we want.

Today, then, we will be visiting the window supplier's showroom to pick ironmongery, discuss glass specifications, look at options for obscuring the bathroom windows, find out what sort of paint job they'll deliver with, and decide on a front door. There's one on their web site that we like and will probably go for.

The site manager said that a revised schedule for the whole project would be issued some time yesterday but I've not seen that. From what he said, it sounds like they have yet to decide when they want to rip the kitchen apart, or what facilities they're going to give us when this happens. Part of the problem seems to be that the plumbing contractor has been unreachable. He should have our heating system options drawn up by now as well. The project manager and builder will both be chasing him.

Digging work on the foundations continued as normal during the day.


I think they're about ready to lay the wood and pour the concrete, but now that won't happen until Monday week.