Architraves, Skirting and Internal Doors Complete

Following the fiasco that was last week we decided to visit the house early this morning and ask the carpenter a few polite questions. Our main concerns were:

- Skirting boards not being flush with the walls.

- Very crooked architraves around some doors with up to 20mm difference top to bottom.

- The front door not fitting into its framework. 

The carpenter was polite and considerate in answering our questions. He immediately suggested that the gaps on the skirting boards be fixed with gap filler and this was done by this afternoon. It looks much better. It turns out the architraves are perfectly straight with the door frames, the problem is actually in that steel frames aren't level and therefore the walls are slightly wonky. As for the front entry, the door frame and glass sidelights are 30cm too wide. The solution was to either rip out the incorrect frame and start again or to source a bigger door. 

We spoke with our acting SS who was very understanding about everything. We all agreed that a bigger door is the best solution to the entry issue. We are pleased with this outcome as we have now selected a huge 1200x2340 Hume XS24 door at no extra cost. As for the crooked framework, apparently there is an allowance in the compliances for this and therefore nothing technically wrong. All we can do is try and come up with an 'optical illusion' to make the architraves look more level with the walls. It's one of those things we just have to work with. Overall we think most of our concerns were dealt with very professionally by MDJ. 

The house has been cleaned up today and the carpenter is finished until the new door arrives. Water proofing will happen mid week and it looks like the control box for our water tank has been installed. Tiling has been delayed until next week but the plumbers will come to install our downpipes (we think) as our neighbours got flooded from the run off in last weeks bad weather. We had a chance to really have a good look at our tiles today and we are super happy with our choices. We also spotted our big, shiny 900mm channel grate in the garage :) 

Here are our ensuite tiles (30x30 charcoal on the floor and 30x60 grey on the walls)

   

We have the same wall and floor tile in the laundry and main bathroom (same sizes as above).