~~~ JDP Gallery Renovations Blogg ~~~

 The cabinetry guys turned up with men and tools, in no time flat they were into it, banging and sawing, grunting and groaning and by the end of the day I have a fully installed kitchen & bar area, meanwhile Leigh got busy tiling the sunny, all of the tiles are down and bedded in, he will be back tomorrow to do the wall tiles and grouting after that. All in all things ran smoothly, the flooring people were here and measured up the space, and Luxaflex measured up the windows and sliding door for some blinds, Martin was in...

 Well the plaster fix out finishers turned up this morning and straight into it, a team of just three guys strutted around on leg extensions making them about 2.7m tall so that they could reach the ceiling easily. They worked like a well oiled machine, fixing all of the joins and holes in the plaster, they were here to dark finishing the job, and will be back this morning to do a final sand off so that the surface is ready for painting! The Gallery has certainly progressed quickly from a gutted shell to what will be a formal show piece that...

 Busy busy busy today, the last of the rough-in tradies were very busy completing the last of their individual parts to this puzzle, meanwhile the truck delivering the gyprock was delayed some four hours, so we had five tradies sitting around playing on their iPhones etc!! When the  gyprock arrived it was go go go, and the ceiling and walls went up so quickly I felt that I was on the Block!!,  the following day we saw all the plastering completed as well as some finer A/C finishings in the ceiling. The space now looks like a room soon to...

The rough-in of services continues on like a well oiled machine, I have had the plumbers in and they have installed all the pipes and drains as required, Mark has just about got the ducted air conditioning installed and Brent has been running electrical wire & network cable everywhere, don't know why they call it "rough-in" as it is neat as a pin, check out the way he installs the wiring, almost like a loom out of a car!! I have decided to go with spotlight basic lighting, there will be three rows totalling about 20 lights, dimmable LED white...

Stage three of the renovations has commenced today, with the first of the basic services being installed into the gallery ceiling void, Mark from Staycool started installing the air-conditioning ducting, looks like a big silver snake weaving around the roof cavity to deliver very important cool & warm air during the seasons.   My cabinetry guys were here, Endre for Dimension Design, he is doing the cabinetry, so was here to confirm the measurements for where the kitchenette & bar will be installed.  Leigh from Leightal Constructions spent some time double checking completed work and to organise some modifications that are...