Hooray! The bathroom completed and the shower was absolute bliss. We haven't put the door back on and that's a job for tomorrow. From this...

to this...

and...

Well worth the money and effort as well as the peace of mind with an end to the leaks. A professional job completed by two craftsmen. I plan to watch football tonight, drink beer and have a well earned lie in tomorrow although I suspect I will be wide awake at 6 am. But that is one of the major tasks completed on my retirement list* and frees me up for other tasks ahead.
TTFN.

*In my head and not committed to paper... therefore not binding!

It has been a busy week with a builder and plumber in to rip out the old bathroom and install a new one. Once everything had been removed realisation dawned that a straightforward five day job had become several days at least. One wall was in an appalling state and needed to be fully replastered with aquaboards, etc... After eight days the bath is plumbed in although the rest of the suite, etc... will be finalised tomorrow. I was kept busy with cutting tiles, acting as a general gopher and I became a frequent visitor to some of the local DIY stores. I have also learnt a hell of a lot about building, plastering, tiling,waterproofing, etc...

It is almost finished but being able to have a bath in our own bathroom.... bliss.

We went for a clean minimalist wet room look after enduring frequent leaks, collapsed ceilings and a flood on one occasion over the last ten years. Fully tiled, easily cleaned and functional. Once everything is fully plumbed in we can then personalise it with some colour but I still prefer the functionalist approach to a bathroom.  The builder is a friend so we got a special rate and we know he is very good at his job. Mrs C now has other projects in mind, mainly painting and decorating No.1 sons room, the spare bedroom and then the rooms downstairs which will keep me busy over the next few months. I also discovered how much rubbish I can fit into the Suzuki including the old bath! 

Also on the home front Mrs C's daughter LE is moving back to London next month. She wants the opportunities offered down there in the smoke, personal as well as work related. We're all pretty sad about her decision to leave Grimsby but the spare room is available if things go pear shaped. I can understand her reasons for going but c'est la vie. Mrs C and I are settled here and regard Grimsby as home but we are old fogies and enjoy our sedentary lifestyle. LE has good friends in London and there are better career opportunities for her down there. I've done that and the London I knew as my home no longer exists. On the plus side... somewhere to stay when we pop down to London as tourists! I haven't yet been on the London Eye or seen the changes to my home town over the past ten years.

An early night beckons as I have to be up for the plumber so TTFN.