Enter Sandman

The floor sanding team arrived early this morning and we had a brief talk with them about what they were going to do. They sanded a section for us and clear varnished it. We were very happy with the results so left them to it. The builders said they were allowing two and a half days for the work, but this evening it looks like they're somewhere close to finished, and it looks great:

The extra time may just be for extra coats of varnish, though since the current coat is wet, I can't go looking into the other rooms. Maybe they're not done, so I won't cross this task off the list just yet.

Anyway, before that started we had a meeting with the builders and project manager. Surprise surprise, it looks like there's at least another week's work in the project, though the builders reckon their work is just about done: apart from the outside path, the door ironmongery and some minor repairs when the electricity supply is moved, everything else is sub-contracted. They plan to take their site office and the skip away in the next couple of days.

Meanwhile the plumber was working away, he put the sink into our main bathroom and installed the understairs toilet:

Like the main bathroom, none of this has any water running through it yet, however. Boxing off the pipes here is another minor task for the builders.

On we go. All eyes, as ever, are on the plumber.