Windows update

Having new windows was much more stressful than I had imagined. A toddler does not mix well with workmen, saws, drills, open doorways and open windows. I didn't want to leave the guys alone in the house so poor David was moved from one room to the next, desperate to be where the noise, dirt and danger was.

The day they did the downstairs bay was the worst. David was shut into the kitchen. It was closely followed by the day they did the landing window. No way of going upstairs, the side port door was wide open and there were ladders against the bedroom windows so David couldn't even go into the garden. Aghhhhhhhhhhh!

New Windows

The men from Vogue Windows arrived at 9ish and started ripping out the windows in David's room. I spent all day keeping David occupied as the noise of breaking wood, drills and hammers filled the air. He was desperate to get involved and spent most of the day staring longingly out of the lounge window. The pikies were out in force - they appeared as soon as the window frames were out.



It took all day to do the bay and it still needs finishing. I felt so sorry for David as we couldn't leave the house and he was only allowed in the lounge or the kitchen. Poor Chloe had to sleep in the tent in the playroom so didn't really get much kip at all. One day down, five to go - we are all going to go stir crazy.

The windows are happening on Wednesday

The windows are booked in for Wednesday. I'd assumed it would be the end of October so we've suddenly got a lot of work to do and only two days to do it in. The front door and side windows still need cleaning and releading, the door and window frame need sanding, priming and glossing and we also need to sand down the windowsills in Chloe's room, our room and the landing. We've also got to find rather a large amount of money to pay the balance.