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No idea about FBG. Have been so far off piste that the location of my testing kit became a mystery. Also lost, the kitchen scales and the tin openers. We have four, why can't I find even one!
MrSlim had a fall from a ladder about two weeks ago, his ribs are still uncomfortable but he has started to do light jobs. So now on the mend. Yet another delay on finishing the utility room.
MrSlim declares this to be the first, most important and the most complicated part of the renovation. One thing and another keep interfering with work on it though. He has moved the double sink from the kitchen into there and constructed the walls for the shower room, insulated, installed lights, switches and plug sockets. Coving to cover the wiring. Apparently the walls are too thin for channelling electrics. The new washing machine arrived last week and has been installed on an anti vibration mat. However the floors are wooden and everything shakes throughout the ground floor when the machine spins. Dare not use the higher spin speeds at the moment. It's possible that when the back hall floor is replaced this will improve.
The floor there is rotten in places and has extensive woodworm and wood boring beetle damage. It sags and shifts underfoot. Some of the beams supporting it are rotten and will need replacing, this is because the garden path leading to the back door was higher than the threshold and caused decades of water ingress.
The amount of work needed is so much more than I thought it would be, although MrSlim was expecting most of it.
I have been mostly occupied with cleaning - almost every surface was covered in black mould and the garden. Once I have the garden under control and have finished cleaning, still one room on the first floor, two on the second floor and a flight of stairs to finish. Then I will be available to help with decorating. It's all work and little play.
