Rob the plasterer came round this morning. Three cups of tea and a beef sandwich later, the ceiling was smooth and the window reveals were neatly boarded.

While Rob was here, Dom went off to Gurney and White for plumbing supplies, then I went to Tilemates and brought back four tile samples to muse over.

During our Friday evening bathroom planning session we had made some more design decisions and realised that we needed the new bath to be able to move forward with the job this weekend. The suite was not being delivered until Monday, but as the showroom was in Hounslow we could make the hour long drive round there today to pick it up. So that's what we did.

Two and a half hours later it was 5pm(these things take so long!) and Dom carried on working until late in the evening: removing the old bath; moving the sink out of the way and re-plumbing it for use; and getting out the angle grinder to take off the last of the tiles that had been behind the sink pipes. It was now a blank canvas for the morning.

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