Thursday

I arrived back from Fraserburgh today for my meeting with Gary Grant and Stan England to discuss progress on the installation of the stair at the back of our house. I was a little taken aback to see that the stair was fitted and the radiator inside the back room removed and replaced by a new one on the side wall aready! The work is well under way and tomorrow they will try and fit the landing to the stairs and then, on Monday, the hardship begins - they break through the wall and start to fit the new windows. We need to move the new TV and cover the new suite to make sure they don't get too much dust or damage whilst they are working next week. The week after is when the re-decoration (painting) takes place - Stan is going to get a quote for me, but it may be that we use our painter from work - we'd only have to pay for the paint and we could get some other rooms done at the same time.

The photo above shows the bare stair in place - without the handrails etc. Stan and Gary recommend we leave the stairs as they are (stainless steel) - no or little maintenance required. However, the handrail and the central post are made of mild steel and will need painting - Stan suggested a plain grey-ish paint for the central column, which will look similar to the stairs.