Thread: BAMBOO FLOOR

Water proof sealer on slab 20181023_110719.jpg Bag of water proof underlay , they tape up the joins were 2 sheets meet. 20181023_110730.jpg Entry, Lounge & formal dining room almost finished 20181023_110846.jpg

Even though we will have a lot of work to do when we move back in , painting & putting every thing away , we can't wait to get home . we are not liking living in an apartment in the city.

Well lots of progress today. the layers are putting the last two floor boards in now & are getting the skirting boards ready to be refitted . So will be finished this afternoon two days early. I will look after our Grand Daughters tomorrow & start painting Friday . My aim is to get the walls that the large wall units go against painted before the removalists bring the furniture back Monday morning . Tuesday will be spent making the house liveable & we will come home Wednesday . I spent the day cleaning out the fridge / freezer , patching some plaster on the walls & washing the blinds & cleaning windows.
We will then unpack all the storage boxes at our leisure & hopefully have a cull at the same time . My wife has a lot of crockery in the big wall units that was her Mothers , Grand mothers & Great Grand Mothers . We also have some 200 year old antique furniture that does not match the French theme my wife is going with now , so some of that will get painted with chalk paint & some we will sell I hope . But knowing my wife we will be storing it for ever.
Not a good time to be doing this it is like February weather at the moment.

Originally Posted by 1950landy

Well lots of progress today. the layers are putting the last two floor boards in now & are getting the skirting boards ready to be refitted . So will be finished this afternoon two days early. I will look after our Grand Daughters tomorrow & start painting Friday . My aim is to get the walls that the large wall units go against painted before the removalists bring the furniture back Monday morning . Tuesday will be spent making the house liveable & we will come home Wednesday . I spent the day cleaning out the fridge / freezer , patching some plaster on the walls & washing the blinds & cleaning windows.
We will then unpack all the storage boxes at our leisure & hopefully have a cull at the same time . My wife has a lot of crockery in the big wall units that was her Mothers , Grand mothers & Great Grand Mothers . We also have some 200 year old antique furniture that does not match the French theme my wife is going with now , so some of that will get painted with chalk paint & some we will sell I hope . But knowing my wife we will be storing it for ever.
Not a good time to be doing this it is like February weather at the moment.

It could be worse ......... It could be 5degrees and pouring rain everyday like it was when we did it last year ............................

Coupe of photo's afterthe floor guyshad finished. 20181025_120844.jpg20181025_120813.jpg20181024_133737.jpg20181024_133742.jpg
I think it must be my Samsung phone that keeps turning the photo's on there side when I down load them It never did it with my camera. Just easier to take the photo's with the phone & put them on desk top.
Painting starts tomorrow.

Looking good.

Your front corridor is almost bigger than my house.

If you are talking about the 1st photo that is the formal dining room & lounge, it's about 10m x 25m , the ceiling in the middle is about 16m high , I need a scaffold tower to paint it ,the dark area to the left is the entry.

Last lot of photo's after furniture returned. 20181029_144151.jpg20181029_144210.jpg20181029_144248.jpg this is 1/2 of to boxed we need to unpack 20181029_144220.jpg Our lounge suit is sitting in the front pergola at the moment while we decide what to do about it , we bought it 36 years ago from Myers & it has served us well bit the fabric has started to tare . we recon that it will have a good solid frame but are not sure whether we should have it re upholstered or just buy a new lounge . I think buying a new lounge will be cheaper but the frames seam to be made out of packing cases these days so may not be cheaper in the long run. Our other lounge in the TV room has removable covers so we think we will have new covers made for them as they can use the old covers as templates, the fabric is getting quite dirty from me coming in from working on the cars & sitting on them with my work cloths, this lounge is 8 years old but the foam in the seat is starting to collapse . I think we will be better off just buying a new cheap lounge & just throw it away in 5 years .

Any way thanks for the advice in helping us to decide which way to go with the floor & we are very happy with the result .

A bit more progress today , the cabinet maker turned up with the two new cupboards & panels for each side of the fridge. 20181107_104839.jpg ( still keeps inverting the photo's when I upload them, Grrrrrrrrrrrr )
I also did a bit more painting & put study back together 20181106_092713.jpg 20181106_092911.jpg ( you have to remember these photo's are taken down under so are up side down)
Our builder said he would be here today some time to fit new corneous above the cupboards . I am not holding my breath though . Bit of luck he will have it finished tomorrow so I can get the kitchen/dining room / TV room painted Friday then I will only have the two bathrooms & laundry to paint & after we have the carpet in the master bedroom cleaned I will paint it as well.