[舊家翻新] Reappear 重現光彩 Vol. 3

原本我們以為地毯會在粉刷結束後才開始撤走，而我們所謂的粉刷結束是除了牆面上，還有天花板，那天還記得是雨天，可能因為潮濕，沒辦法做室外修補工作的施工人，他們拆起室內所有的地毯。

I thought they would do the painting first, and remove the carpet later once the paint completed. Cause that case it’s easier to clean up the timber. It was a rainy day, our builder and his workers had to stop outdoor recovery and focus on indoor.

我不太明白為什麼重新粉刷牆面之前要先在壁上添上更多的斑斑點點，但是幾乎所有關於粉刷的好像一開始就是這樣做。

I dont know the point that of dot painting before repaint the whole wall. make the wall more colourful?

他們一邊粉刷，一邊把地毯移開，順便讓我們看看底下地板的狀況。房間地毯下的狀況是比較糟糕的，但是客廳、走廊的部分就貌似不錯，此時我們杜師傅就建議我們，不一定要整個換新的，只要修補幾個破損的地方，接著再做打磨、拋光的步驟，這樣整個房屋的地板就會很好看了。

Our building separted his workers to two teams, one do the painting, one remvoe the carpet. Mr. Du took us to see the timber floor after the workers took the carpet away, corridor and living room still look allright, but  3 bedrooms were all in bad conditions. Mr Du recommand us for the bedrooms, we could replace new timbers for broken area, and then sand and polish the entire timber floor. 

客廳原本壁爐的位置上有個架子，現拆掉了。因為要補上這個洞。變平坦。

也許吃這行不穩定工作的行業，是一定要在同一時間內接許多案子的，所以他們也不可能每天只專心於你的一件工作上，所以幾乎開工的第一個禮拜，我們很少見到杜師傅，他要不是跟我們擦肩而過了，便是有甚麼事突然不方便出現，但也沒記得要跟我們打聲招呼，任由我們空等。

There use to be a shelf to cover up the fireplace, but we decided to fill it. make it to a complete wall.

It may be hard for a constructor to concentrrate on the one thing at a time, on first week, we rarely see Mr. Du around, sometimes we called and ask if he would be there, he would definitely say yes, but indefinitely show up next day.   

一星期後，再次回來看看他的進度…

let’s see have a look at the projects, (in 1 week)

一踏進屋子，裡面整體感覺都變了，不再是七彩霓虹燈的寫照，也沒有走進老舊房子的感覺，後來我知道了要先拆除地毯的原因，那是因為他要順便粉刷踢腳板，所以地毯就順勢撤走了。

When we step in, we saw the rooms are no more colorful paint. everything is white and clean. the reason for remove the carpet first because they are doing the skirting at the same time, it would easier for them to take the carpet away, well, the carpet need to remove anyway.