Renovations: quads

We did some renovation on the weekend. We recently had the gyprocking done in our garage, 2nd toilet, area near back door, and the laundry. These used to be asbestos panels and these were removed before we moved in about 6 months ago. Rod and I already got used to not having ceilings and walls. One day my next door neighbour (lovely people) told me that winter here is VERY VERY VERY COLD - will be worse if we don't have a ceiling in our garage. They have lived here since 1966, so I guess it will be wise to believe them.

I got my act together to get the gyprocker to come and do the work on the same weekend as my laser eye surgery. If you have dealt with gyprockers/plasters before, you will know that they don't always do "everything". Some of them will do the woodwork (meaning the cornices or quads) to make it look neater, and others just prefer to stick to plastering. The gyprocker prefers not to do the wood work, so Rod and I had to do it ourselves. Since getting a 50mm or 90mm cornice is a bit of an overkill for rooms like laundry/garage, we went with 19mm quads.

These quads are very "special" as they were purchased from Bunnings at Gosford! Yeap, we drove to Gosford just for these - as that was the only Bunnings that was open on the Easter Sunday. Lucky that Rod's boss pays for his patrol! Cutting them is a tricky job as you have to cut at the correct angle otherwise it just won't fit together. It's like making a picture frame. I made some mistakes, and I think this is just good practice for me when I make frames for my jigsaw puzzles!!

I put plaster on all the nail holes and will have to give them a quick sand before painting. Overall, I think we did a good job.