The Self Builder’s blog

The second phase of this project, the ‘inside’, is continuing at a good beat.

My involvement has increased somewhat, I’m having to make decisions and look at sourcing the finishing materials from now on in.

It could have been a lot worse, as I could be liaising between trades, sorting out problems and actually getting people to arrive in the right order and without any gaps.

After due consideration, the only trade I’m directly responsible for is the electrics.  So, therefore I’ve just had to make sure that his work is done for the plasterers and the plaster doesn’t cover over his good work.

We’ve had a slight problem this week with that very practice.  When boarding the kitchen ceiling, the plasterers assumed the electrician had mapped out where the spot lights were and would drill the holes once the plaster was on.

Yet, the electrician expected the plasterers, much as they have done elsewhere, to pull the cables through for the spotlights.

After some quick liaison I worked out that as these spots were in ‘runs’ that the plasterers would only need to physical find a few, and then the other positions could be worked out by measurement.

And I think that this is now sorted, and however brief my worry level was raised for, the overwhelming feeling was relief and reassurance that the correct method for finishing this project was chosen.