3 out of 4

I was up at around 6.00 am this morning and after I’d had a leisurely breakfast and emptied my bins I was up ‘on site’ getting things ready to start work by about 8.00 am. The two ceiling coving priorities were the bathroom and the separate toilet because let’s say, unlikely though it’ll be, that I can agree a price with the tiler and he says that he can continue non-stop with the wall tiles after doing the floor, as both of these rooms will have floor-to-ceiling wall tiles the coving will have to be already in place for him to tile up to.

So I started on the bathroom first, which took about 2 1/2 hours to do.

I was then going to move on to the separate toilet but as I was on my last cartridge of adhesive, I decided that it would be a good idea to get some more so I can work tomorrow. I checked on the internet and found that Bricomarché at Le Bugue had what I needed at a cheaper price than Leroy Merlin so I saved a lot of time by going there. When I returned I had a very quick lunch and resumed work on the separate toilet.

By the time I’d done that it was still only mid-afternoon so plenty of time to get cracking on the ‘cellier’ (the utility room). Despite there being some tricky trimming to do around the electric utility box it was all done and dusted by about 5.30 pm.

As can be seen in the final shot above, the plasterers didn’t make good the corner of the ‘cellier’ next to the electrical service. I’ll just do it myself to save time as that part of the room will be painted and the corner will therefore have to be tidied up.

But there you have it! Of the four rooms that I wanted to put coving up in, I managed to get three done and there’ll be plenty of time to just do the kitchen tomorrow. That will be a huge leap forward as only the bedrooms will be left to be done, probably after I move in. I have to say that I’m over the moon with today’s results which turned out to be much better than I originally expected 😀