Day 31, 32, 33 - 10/8-10/10/2010

Just a quick post to update from the weekend.  Not much really exciting happened.  Friday was a day of watching mud dry.. mud on the walls that is.  The mud had to be thoroughly dry before the texture could be sprayed which happened on Saturday.  That was messy.  They had to first sand the joint compound (ie: mud) and, even with the A/C off, that dust permeated everything.  And the mess from the texture spray...  ugh.  That was probably the worst that we've had to deal with as far as messes.   These guys did not clean up very well.  Andy swept the downstairs area before we could let the animals out and he had to clean up a mess they left in garage repairing a hole someone made with their foot in the garage ceiling.

The brick sub-contractor was out on Friday to size up the job.  And the trimwork was delivered.  Both trimwork and brick laying should start on Monday.

Andy spent Saturday designing the floor layout for the master bath.  He was hoping to get a start over the weekend but it just didn't happen.  He did install the false drawer front and door for his sink cabinet and installed hardware for the master bath vanities.  He had to build some jigs for placing the handles on the drawers and doors and that took some time to get it just right.  He also did some touch-up paint for some dings and the drywall repairs from moving electrical outlets and switches.

Tile pattern Andy will use for the master bath.  The larger accet tiles will function as transitions in the doorway as well as borders around the vanities.  Single rows of the multi-colored tiles will border all the primary tiles.

Unfortunately, we lost electricity again in the guest bath, hallway and Karen's room.  It was working on Sat morning as Anna and Karen got ready for Anna's bachelorette party but early Sun morning Andy noticed it wasn't working.  The only thing going on was the texture on Sat and we don't see how that would affect the electricity.  It is a curious coincidence though.  Andy though it was the breaker but all of those seem to be ok.  Well, the electricians should be out later this week to start installing outlet, switches and fixtures.

Andy has the next two weeks off and is hoping to get a lot done.  It's really coming down to days now.