A quick update on the state of my new bathroom fit out. Day 1, the old fittings and tiles, ripped out by the builders. Day 2, new bath suite fitted and new plumbing done by the plumber, new light and extractor installed by electricians and cable pulled to the new shower location (waiting on the shower to be fitted at the end). Day 3 and 4, nothing happened, no one turned, apparently the tiler was supposed to be coming but had Covid, they have hired another tiler but is trying to catch up with the backlog of jobs. Day 5, painter turned and decorated the areas that aren't going to be tiled, tiling should have been done before painting but new tiler, still playing catch up.
Day 6, I had a message while I was at RIAT, Fairford to say nobody would be arriving, both tilers, the painter and the floor layer all had caught covid, yikes. It is now looking like we will continue with a unfinished bathroom for at least another week while these people isolate themselves
What I find so amazing about all of this is that still covid is not even being seen as a concern or talked about by the Government, they are still not even making testing kits free, so the virus will remain at large as many people cannot afford to test themselves.
To add insult to injury, the painter has done such a crap job that we are going to have to do it again ourselves. Paint is already peeling off the skirting board, in places, the old paint is visible through the 2 coats of new paint
In other areas, like window sill, old marks can clearly be seen coming through the new paint. That is what you get when housing associations and local authorities continue to go for the cheapest tenders all the time. Things like that would not have happened when they all had their own labour forces, but compulsory competitive tendering being introduced changed all of that, but I'll spare you all the politics bit of it.
So the big question now is, how long will it be before we can get it all completed so we can fit a shower screen and new cabinets etc, and the icing on the cake, it seems that the electricians have somehow managed the solar installation so now the RCCD on the solar array pops out all the time, so we are having to pay top price for the power during the daytime