One step forward, two steps back

We are soooooooooo close with the roof .... but yet so far. Everything is on except the ridge capping (those pointy bits in between the different angles of the roof) BUT (and it's a big but) some of the roof iron has to be removed and replaced. The manufacturer came out and looked at some of the sheets and apparently agreed with the roofer that they were faulty and bent, so some of them will be removed and replaced. Hopefully (and it's a bit hopefully) by the end of the week. So close!!!! The plumbers were out yesterday and today, so that was pretty exciting. Lots of 'where do you want these taps' and 'how big will the surround around your bath be'. It seems a bit of a shock to be thinking of such things so soon! I'm not imagining where the taps will be in the bathroom just yet, although we have to so they are placed in the right spot. We have an enormous mother of a gas line coming in, it's huge (photos to come..). As we will hopefully (Bikeman says WILL DEFINITELY) have a pool in the near future we needed to have the larger size pipe into the house so that it can feed the gas required for the pool heater in. I hate to see the gas bill once we get that sucker up and running! So now we have a water point in the fridge space, and a gas point outside for the built in BBQ on natural gas (both of which we don't physically own yet but one has to plan for the future!). And taps and outlets for shower heads (which the lovely plumber, Jnr, made a little higher for my Amazon Woman height - isn't that nice!). Snr was also on site today asking me all sorts of questions that I'm really not qualified to answer (have had many a phonecall from them saying) Jnr/Snr ... oh sorry I meant to call *Bikeman* ... but while I have you are you happy for the do-hickey to be placed in the front of the whatsamacallit instead of it being through the thingamejig as I think it would be better. Me: Ahhhh sure but maybe you should run it by *Bikeman* first - I'll get him to call you. Stuff womens lib! I have absolutely no idea what they are talking about!!! And unfortunately can only remember every second word when reciting to Bikeman, so very easy for Chinese Whispers to be played. Yes, best you call Bikeman, if you want a REAL answer. Anyway, enough of my rambling. Upshot of all that: Roof will (fingers crossed) be finished by the end of the week. Plumbing will be finished by end of the week. Brickie will be in next week to start bricking up and if all goes to plan we will spend the weekend wrapping our house with insulation and fixing up the windows that stick out just a little too far! (Our problem - checked the window plans tonight and they had stated the larger reveal depth - we just didn't pick it up, darn it!). Work work work work work... at least I have a clean study, sorted out all "The House" stuff (formerly known as "The Block") so I can find everything quickly. Oh, the joys...