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Been a few difficult days with things just not quite working as they should. Folk came in to fit the stove and have just covered the outside flashing in screws which don’t look so pretty, but, aesthetics aside, it took me a minute to notice but they’ve left the ply they used to position the stove on the hearth underneath the legs.. everything is all sealed up, but will need to drop by 11mm so don’t quite know how that’s going to happen. I’ve put it back to them and expect to hear back today.
I also thought I was done with cutting stone, but we’ve had to take some out in the bathroom as I thought the edge of the slab we tiled to was where the shower tray would sit. Turns out it’s 10mm further so we’ve lifted them and I’ll cut and lay new ones to sit flush. Also going to run a 100mm strip of tile underneath those metal heatshields behind the stove as skirting can’t go there..
I also contacted the builder to make sure when the water connection happens there’s a stopcock or something in place. Thank fuck I messaged him as he’d forgotten to put stop caps on so water would have flooded into both buildings as soon as the connection happened..
My partner’s health is getting worse, I’m sleeping poorly on a couch, work is intensely busy at the moment and I just do not have the time or energy to be chasing up professionals to make sure they’re actually doing their job..
On the plus side the joiner is back and he’s at least one safe pair of hands. He’s fitting internal doors just now and it’s making it feel a lot more homely.