Final Day of the Installation...

There seemed to be an awful lot of things left to do on the Friday - the last planned day of the installation. I assumed that starting a day later than planned might result in the installer having to return after the weekend, for an extra day... And I was right.


Before the bathroom would be finished the following needed doing:
- cupboards finished and installed
- install the sink
- lay the floor
- attach, plumb & wire in the radiator
- all the electrics needed completing / checking etc.
- Seal everything.

...It seemed like an impossible list, for a single day. The installer showed up, with new lights and an electrician, and set to work. It was indeed a long day. However, by 6:30pm we were  pretty much done.



The radiator is slightly curved, and about a metre and a half tall - plenty of space to hang a number of towels. (I've seen some of these radiators struggle to hold a single towel. The bars are too close to threat a towel between them, especially when hot.)

The bath & sink taps are the Cirque style, and I'm please with the look. The shower hose does interfere with the overflow, however. This is a problem since you have to rotate the unit to open & close the plug. We've also noticed that it's hard to actually 'mix' hot & cold water - it's generally either fully hot, or cold, unless you're particularly patient. 

The sink tap is really well-made, and allows for hot & cold to be truly mixed. Again, however, the design of the tap interferes with the design of the sink: the plughole is blocked by a rotating disc, which opens when the flop of water from the tap hits it... unless your get the knack of it.

All in all, we were happy with the look of it all... But.

Unfortunately there were some issues still to be resolved, which I'll discuss in a future post.