11th of September

I've never heard so much noise so close-by in my life! The demo guys are back to cut out some of the brick surrounding the fireplace, so that the brick surround is symmetric around the actual opening. It had been lopsided with more bricks on the left than on the right; and the bricks also extended another five bricks out! Which I assume was a design feature?? Love those designers. You can also see the narrow cupboard that had been there has been demo'd.

Anyway, the number of bricks to the left and right of the fireplace will soon be the same, without any weird stick out. In the mean time, it's b!#%dy noisy! And dusty.


Our contractor called. The quote for the siding came in a little less than expected.. it was $29k (including new insulation and replacing the plywood, the new siding and labour). I think it will give the house a really great facelift. The contractor worked on a house nearby, and suggested we take a peek at the siding.. I got to admit it looks great. Take a look.



11.30am. Its all gone quiet. I sneak down to have a look.. You can see the fireplace is now a 'normal' shape, and the semicircular brick hearth is gone. All the wood 'facing' has been taken down.




And the pocket door (which listed to the right) is also gone. Note to self.. need to make sure we shove the cable-line up through the floor while the plasterboard is off!!





And here is the deck for the bath.. it looks enormous!