A few days later, the plasterer came to start patching up all the holes in the walls.

Plastering

Plastering

He also plastered over the new bricks of the wall extension.

Squaring up the wall

He also plastered over the new electrical cable channels.

Plastering

Finished wall

Plastering

Six days after starting, it was time to fix up the floor. The builders came to put down cement.

Concrete floor

Leveling the floor

Finished floor

Of course, the problem was how to keep two cats off the curing concrete. I ended up taping up drop sheets and tablecloths to keep them from accessing the room. I also rigged up a fan to (I hoped) speed up the process.

Cat barriers

Cat barriers