The log fire has arrived

What a great way to finish off a Friday. 4:30pm the guy came to deliver our new fireplace.

It was really heavy but with the help of a hand truck they managed to get it inside. I just want to rip open all those boxes and put it all together, but I must resist.

This week we have arranged for Dave's uncle (a plumber) to come and run the gas line under the floor so we can have the pipe sticking up in place before he lays the timber floor on Anzac Day

Have a productive weekend everyone.
Cheers,
Nat

Going to be a long week

We have set ourselves a big task. We need to get all the upstairs ceiling and beams up before next Friday. So we have about 9 nights to get it all done. Why? Because the electrician is booked in for that day and he will need that ceiling done to install the fans and lights.

So Dave is packing out and levelling the rafters now and has borrowed a metal plank from work to use to reach the area above the stairs.

Yesterday the other two lights that we were waiting on arrived so they are all here waiting now.

Today I started painting the window in Sam's bedroom upstairs. It has had two primer coats and one top coat. So one more top coat and that will be enough.

Took me one hour to put the tape on!

Also today I cleared away the area where the fireplace will go in front of the red brick wall so we can mark out the area for the fireplace surround before we start laying the floor. That (laying the floor) will be started on the Friday too and hopefully with some help from some hired hands it will be done on the Saturday.

I must say, it is all very exciting to see it all finally coming together. Bit by bit it is taking shape and I am very pleased with the way it is looking.

Cheers,
Nat

More ceiling and stuff

Once again we didn't get much time to do much active work on the house. Saturday morning we were out organising a few things for the house. First we ventured down to Gas Central in Williamstown to order our gas log fireplace. We order a Lopi 564 HO GS which will look much like this but with a black trim instead of silver:


It is a bit different from most because it will have white pebbles on the bottom like in this picture and driftwood instead of regular logs. So it kinda looks like someone has lit a fire on a beach and I love that idea.

They said it will only take 3 days to come in from New South Wales, so yippee! ow Dave has to think about building the frame and I need to source some stone for a hearth.

After that, we went to Urban Salvage in Spotswood We got comparative prices for the reclaimed Blackbutt and the new Blackbutt like in our staircase. The new was quite a lot cheaper so we went with that. It will be delivered Friday week and Dave hopes to get a day off work to accept the delivery.

The fireplace will cost around $5,500 and the floorboards will be about $3,750 (and that is just for the back living room not the whole house).

So a very expensive weekend.

Then today we got a message that our lights and fans that we ordered on Thursday were ready to collect so I excitedly picked them up this afternoon.

 I am in love with these fans. The are going to look AMAZING! I still have two coming. One hopefully on Tuesday and the other I need to follow up when that is due.

Dave did manage to get two more pieces of ceiling up also. It gets the thumbs up from Sammy

Loving it!

Cheers,
Nat