Every spare moment that I am able is spent painting these fecking windows! I can smell white spirit everywhere. I actually enjoy it when I am doing it but I can only paint when Daithi is here or both the boys at school. This makes things very slow! I feel a bit pressured because we need the windows in before the plastering can be done. Thankfully the sashes for downstairs are almost complete but it is the fiddly bits that will hold the windows in which are the pain. The weather hasn't been good enough to take them all outside to spray paint so I have been doing them by hand and have now moved to a roller which is so much quicker although the finish isn't as good as the brush so I will do a final coat with the brush I think.
On saturday we were feeling shattered so we decided to have a break and head into Cork to the Modern Homes Show. The exhibition was the same as any selfbuild show and fortunately we didn't have to pay to get in. We only really went to see the CycloVac people about their central vacuum system, which is on my wish list for the house. The CycloVac seems to be a bit more poweful that say Beam or Vacuflo, but it has a bag inside which is something we want to avoid. We would prefer a cyclone system similar to that found in a Dyson. The guy on the stand was very informative and is coming to the house next week to give us an idea of what we need and how much it would cost ( a DIY kit of course!). We shall see..... The boys were really good. Shows such as these don't really hold a child's attention for too long. Liam was dressed as a mummy (Halloween costume of the moment) thoughout our trip which drew a few glances especially when we had our dinner in Scoozi's! A nice relaxing day for a change!
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