Day 38: And along come 4 all at once

Activity, hurrah. Noises off start at something like 7:30 in the morning, and the drilling rattles up to our bedroom, but since its activity we don't mind much. They turn out to be slightly repositioning the windows - not quite sure why, and its hard to tell how much they have moved. Meanwhile Pete, D's favourite builder, sets up his cement mixer.

When E and I leave for smoko, there are 4 builders outside drinking tea, one is sitting in a wheelbarrow, which impresses E no end. He declines a chair, and says the wheelbarrow is more comfy.

Tim the carpenter asks what sort of hinges we intend to supply. I look at him with my mouth open like a fish. Hinges? And locks? and doorhandles? Gurk. Talk with Ian: it turns out that the spec says owner-supplied ironmongery and this means these things. In the end, agree 4" stainles steel hinges, Tim to get; 5-pin locks, ditto. And us to look at handles: Ian gives us "the commplete Hafele", which is the Big Boys book of handles, hinges, etc etc. And E and I look in the new shop in Drakes while we're in town. Bring back commmunism I say: one sort of handle is good enough. But which?

And lastly: I get back just as he is packing up: the drum thing for the shower room: there is a new sketch (by Ian?) showing it not going right down to the floor (and Tim says, can it not go right up to the ceiling either?). Yes to both. In the meantime, the wall side facing Dot has been plasterboarded over, and Pete has finished the brickwork on the shower ready for Tim.