17 June 2012

I just checked, the work on the front room started on 14 April. We finished yesterday, that makes it 9 weeks. We are finally finished. Now that is using brother Ben's advice not to do the floors now. We did clean away the polish on the edges where the skirting board goes, and the centre part is fairly clean, I think it will be an easy job cleaning all of it. Since Mieke is arriving tonight, we left the floor to clean it properly and oil it when she is gone, using Tung oil. Tung oil does not make it tacky and dark as Linseed oil does.

We decided not to move in ourselves, but to let Mieke use the room, since she will be working odd hours. The room is far away from the living areas. If I may say so, I think we did an excellent job. The room is clean and tidy, and most of all, warm. No draughts.

The next few weeks I will spend on tidying up  the section a bit. We have material lying around everywhere. I will also start on putting horizontal beams/joists against the wall in anticipation of putting the verandas back.