Three's a crowd

The demolition team must be following this blog, because right after yesterday's post they decided to take up the challenge of having three jackhammers operating simultaneously. That's probably a good decision, since the human ear is seemingly uninterested in differentiating the deafening din of TWO jackhammers from the deafening din of THREE jackhammers.

Our merry band of brothers each with a jackhammer in hand. What are the chances that we'll find four of them jackhammering shoulder-to-shoulder tomorrow?

This is where we will be constructing the emergency fire escape staircase from the 2nd storey down. Hence the need to hack and remove all the decorative architectural details protruding out from the external wall.

Monitoring the progress of the toilet works can sometimes feel like the proverbial equivalent of watching paint dry. We could probably compile all the pictures into a how-to guide for re-doing your own toilet, but anyway do read on for the pleasant surprise of the day.

So this is what the K1 toilet looks like after a second layer of waterproofing cement screed.

And this is the K2 toilet with the pipes completely concealed. Not sure if anything else needs to go on top of this before they start laying the floor tiles. Watch this space!

Remember the adult toilet on the 2nd storey? The wall tiling was partially completed yesterday. Okay, so the floor is now prepped up for tiling. But look inside and you will see...

Look at that! High-end tiles at the back wall. And a band of mosaic to add a touch of class. That's surely way too luxurious! In truth, the tiles are remnants from Joe's previous projects, and they're probably just sufficient for the two adult toilets. Still, the creative use of the leftover tiles manages to make the toilets that little bit special. Sorry children, Uncle Joe doesn't have enough for you.