Getting Things Fixed

Alex the plumber came yesterday to fix our oil fired central heating boiler; he said it probably hadn’t been serviced for nearly a decade.  He was a nice, chatty chap and did a good job and all is well with our heating now.  I am beginning to get used to the local Lincolnshire accent; it’s very different from my own southern accent and to the North Yorkshire accent that I once came to know so well.

The quote for the new bathroom arrived yesterday, eye wateringly expensive but an essential part of the re-modelling process for the bungalow; work will commence in the New Year.  I don’t have any new internal doors yet but we have bought the handles!  Hopefully the carpenter will come and fit the doors some time next month.

I love my new handles

existing door and handle

The smartest room in the house at the moment is the utility/boot room.  Paul quickly covered up the dark blue walls with a coat of magnolia and built a bench.  Somewhere to sit and put on our muddy boots and wipe muddy paws.