The Building Inspector's happy!

They don't exactly give you any praise, a pat on the back or housepoints, but today the inspector said he's happy for us to carry on as we are without him checking anything else (well apart from drains) until completion.  I think we can take that as praise - he obviously  trusts us not to cut too many corners or bodge things.  Woo hoo, so we can do what we like now!  For once, he was actually quite chatty and didn't beatle off after two minutes.

Today we decided to tackle the window reaveals.  We want them to curve into the window rather than be square as they usually are with the insulation and plasterboard we have had to use.  We managed to track down some flexi-ply - not easy as nowhere seems to stock it.  We've then screwed this to the battens and bent it round into the window reveal and then attached it to another batten.  Trouble is, it's too flexi and moved when poked, so we had to take it off again, make curved ribs, attach more battens and re-attach it.  So, the first one took ages, but hopefully the rest will be quicker now we've devised our method.  This will all be skimmed, so hopefully you won't see the join between plasterboard and plywood.

The plumber's still due tomorrow - lunchtime rather than first thing, but fingers-crossed he will actually come this time!

Bob kept finding little chocolate hearts everywhere today . . . . . wonder where they came from?  Happy Valentine's!!