Now that the plumber has been on site for more than a glancing look at the place (!), we can start to finalise the layout upstairs. We now have pretty exact dimensions of the upstairs: the length and width of the room, as well as the wall height.
Several emails back and forth overnight, this time about moving the hot water tank downstairs into the shower room, thereby removing the large, person-sized eyesore from the toilet/bath area upstairs. It seems like a win-win to us. It also makes sense to make use of the very high ceiling in the shower room.
If the hot water tank goes, then the low privacy wall between toilet and bath upstairs can now be shifted and that frees up more space for the bath.
The electrician has fixed the power board in the only spot he could find that fulfils regulations - right next to the front door. A lovely welcome to any home. I guess we will soon forget about its ugly functional face. Maybe we could disguise it with feathers and glitter, or a trompe l'oeil bucolic scene?
A letter and photos in the inbox today. Tom says that Phil, Brian, Greg and he were all at the barn yesterday and there was 'a happy, productive atmosphere'. Only two things missing: G and me...
The photos show that the barn has been wrapped in its own winter duvet of thick insulation, and doesn't it look cosy?
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From L to R - Phil, Brian and Gregg.
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Brian enjoying the limelight as Phil takes a pic... before getting down to business with the pesky powerboard.
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The shower room window with its oversized lintel.
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The stairwell is coming along.
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The back corner where the yellow insulation is stacked is where the toilet will go, behind a low privacy wall.
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Check out the A-frame.
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Cosy toes.
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