So at last we have some doors and windows in place, even if they don’t have the glass in them all at the moment. Hopefully we are on the downhill stretch now. The bathrooms still have to go in and then all the tiling has to be done.. and of course still a lot of decorating to be finished. But its great to be moving forward again.
We even have a new bar open on the beach, Hans has happily opened the bamboo bar on long beach where you can enjoy a few cold ones listening to Hans and friends jam songs late into the night… all are welcome to join in the fun and I am sure we will spend many a drunken night here in the future. If anybody knows any post 60s songs please please come down!!!! Cap N Jack
So you want a wooden bathroom? Well stop wanting!! Like most things on this project we have had to research, trial and error then error again and then trial again, then back to research oh and then try something completely different. But hopefully we have now got it sorted, the bottom line is you can not have a wooden bathroom; the water will soon destroy it. Line and water proof everything which sounds easy but when you’re on a small island finding the right material proves challenging…..and we couldn’t! We ended up importing fiber board from the mainland; we used a liner under the board and used a water proof glue to seal all the joins. Once the bathroom was sealed, we added a slim cover of cement to the walls and a slightly thinker layer to the floor. To get the desired finish the room will be tiled. The trouble with the tiles is if there is any movement at all behind them from the wooded walls the grout will crack, hence the slim layer of concrete. This solution was also hampered with the fact that the concrete is very heavy so before we could even begin we had to add another beam to the flooring of the bathrooms. I will post some pictures once the whole thing is completed, and when it all leaks ill let you know what we try next! Not Cap n Jack!!
