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We seem to have made huge strides in the last two weeks with both of us spending a good amount of time at the house. The pipes have been laid ready for the radiator as well as the lights for the downstairs lights. To try to get the rooms ready for skimming, we needed to sort out the bedroom floors. they were a mish mash of old boards, some damaged where we'd lifted them (tongue and groove is hard to lift without lifting them all). So we took the decision to replace them all - 20 sheets of chipboard at £150 for both bedrooms from a local builders merchants which I have started to use. It was £50 cheaper than the others I got quotes from and they delivered the following day. I had already bought Earthwool from Wickes while on offer a few months ago and we filled up the floor to help damp down the noise passing into the rooms below and also I wanted to minimise draughts between floors. That went fine. Then we started to lay the boards with the OH marking the locations of all the pipes and wiring. It was all going well when someone got a bit cocky and forgot to watch where he was going - and you can guess the rest! Luckily, he fell backwards and landed on the previously laid boards but we now had a new hole into the lounge ceiling which was the only nice ceiling in the whole house and wouldnt have needed anything doing to it. I was just happy he didnt fall though and he was happy he didnt land between two beams! I was also glad it wasnt me or I wouldnt have heard the end of it..... But it was great when we later went home and discovered some plants I had on the bathroom window cill had leaked water onto the wood beneath, warping the wood - he didnt dare say too much as I'd been so understanding about the hole in the bedroom floor!! We managed to stick some pieces of PB ontop of the hole so we can, later, repair the ceiling and hopefully our plasterer can make it look nice. At least then we could carry on and get the job finished and I have to admit, it looks much better than the piecemeal effect earlier. The pipes for the two bedroom radiators were installed with the board above left loose so it can be lifted when we get round to installing the radiators, which is after the walls are skimmed. As we took out the wall between the two front bedrooms and created the large bedroom as seen above,we also had lost the landing bedroom wallAs was. As is now. seen from inside the bedroom. You can see where the old wall was on the ceiling. so with some of the Wickes timbers which were bought when on offer (£2.15 each less our 10%discount), we created a new bedroom wall and also a cupboard for the landing. Its always useful to have somewhere for the hoover/ladder for the loft etc. And should the new owners want to reinstall the third bedroom, they can do it easily enough by going through the cupboard. We put a strip of wood on the back of the cupboard and OH will wire in an aerial cable and socket as that top corner will be the ideal place for a TV on a bracket. Perfect for watching tv while in bed, if thats their thing. The OH will get that PB'ed next week. Hopefully we'll be ready for the plasterer upstairs in a week or two. And it will be fantastic to see upstairs almost finished - even though there is a huge amount to do downstairs, it will be a nice milestone completed. Next blog - my plastering attempts and all change in the garden.