Had work done at the end of last year and the beginning of this, on the cottage we are renovating, to the tune of £14k (new roof, all sorts). Have several new windows put in. One has 'failed' (in that the double glazing is misted up) so the builder has agreed to put a new one in, though that was a couple of months ago. The renovation isn't finished yet, so it was all left a bit casual, and I am confident he will do it. However...I am 7 months pregnant and we are rushing to finish before DD2 is born at end of Sept. Now we have begun painting the window frames, round each pane is lots of bobbly silicon beading which needs cutting off. There are several panes in each window, and far from a quick job with a craft knife, it took two hours to do one window alone. It's a really fiddly, awful job and really we need to be doing other stuff. Think I should tell the builder to come back and do it?? It's a 'standing' job and I just find that so tough at the moment...and he wasn't cheap.