In last week's post I was all worried about whether the house was going to be finished for our November 30 move-in date. The news is that it won't, not completely anyway, so we've decided we don't care. It's like we were swimming a length underwater, and our lungs were bursting and it seemed like the end was getting further and further away. Now we've popped to the surface, taken a deep breath and we're happy to dog paddle to the end. We'll get there.
And we're bloody lucky to be swimming at all on a beautiful day like this.
There are several parts of the house that won't be finished as you read this. We'll leave our moving in for a week until it's all ready. The stairs are one of the items not finished this week, but Gemma and I are sure they will be beautiful. Our project manager James, the magnificent stair company Continental Stairs and our steel engineer Andy are pulling out all the stops to make them.
We have to remember, they are an experiment. Our draughtsman Karl drew them from a concept we dreamed up. Then our engineer Bruce gave his input. Later everyone got involved again to redesign them slightly. Nobody can be entirely sure exactly how they'll perform when finished. Gemma and I have pig-headedly insisted the rods that hold up the treads be made from 16mm steel to give the structure a light feel, despite a general feeling that 19mm would be the safer bet.
Also not finished as you read this is the garage door. At the last minute Gemma and I decided we had to have it in cedar to match the cladding of the house, instead of the normal aluminium. So that's taking a while to make: 5.8m lengths of cedar aren't just lying around waiting for idiots like us to suddenly need.
没有评论:
发表评论