Poodles and Quilts

Today was good and not so good!  They delivered the wood early this morning. On the surface it looked pretty good. Once the guys got the bands off there were some boards not great. When they carried the 8 x 8 cedar post back we knew we had a problem. They called for Galen to look at it- 3 sides were good, the fourth had a crack just about the entire length. So far they have only been able to use one out of 4! On the upside they did get most of the deck flooring down. The electrician was also back to realigned the can lights.  Taken from inside looking out from the living room-Jeannine-no white post in the middle! It looks so much bigger now that is goes straight across the back. This morning the shower doors arrived and were installed. Shower doors before being installed  Big bathroom  Little bathroom I think the painters are still on the agenda for tomorrow.

The saga of the wood for the deck is getting a little crazy. Somehow what was supposed to be delivered yesterday, wasn't. It either never made the truck or went elsewhere. Greg spent a good bit of the morning trying to track down what happened. In the meantime the guys are here doing what ever they can on the deck without the rest of the wood. They added finish trim around the railing posts and the one cedar post. They were able to get the metal support in place at the steps. Those steps won't even think of moving now! The wood going back was picked up.  Lynn was also here working on the floors up stairs.             We took off as there wasn't anything we could really do and no need to be here. Ran a few errands and went to Salado.   Another wood delivery was made. Greg was here and sent most of it back. Cedar post the 8 x 8 wasn't good. Deck boards weren't good and they sent the wrong boards for the ceiling. Good thing Greg was here, it ...

Today was a little less hectic than yesterday. Ended up with the outside work being done. The floor man, Lynn was on another job. He should be here tomorrow. The guys got a fair amount of work on the deck, then they ran out of "good" wood.  Getting ready to start installing some of the ceiling slats.  Need something to walk on when making sure that the supports are all even and level.  Tilly is getting her required scratches from Greg. Greg's comment was that Tilly was saying please only one more week. I want my yard and house back!  Inspection time  They got as far as they could on the wood part of the ceiling. Here they are putting up smooth Hardie board.  Tiki is checking out some of the floor that was done today  The ceiling as far as they could go.  Taking a break in the yard after work is done for the day  Table, chairs, grill all under wraps. The smoker is some where else And this is one reason w...

Today was a very busy day. The electrician arrived a little before 8 AM. He did all the wiring on the deck, put in the holders for the can lights in the ceiling and secured the electrical boxes on the supports for when the fan and lights are installed. The old ones weren't secured in any way! Shortly after he arrived the trim carpenter got here to install shoe molding upstairs and put the hardware on the vanities. Before he could do that Danny had to get here to install the drawers into the cabinets. These two guys have known each other since grade school so there is always the usual banter between them. So for a while we had 3 upstairs and then it became 4 as Lynn the floor guy arrived to start cleaning the floors. Outside was the electrician and the 4 man crew working on the deck.  Studying the job at hand. It was very easy to take out that support wrapped in black. It wasn't attached to anything! The weight of the roof was keeping it in place. Turns out the other on...

It doesn't look like much progress was made today, but there was. It was outside work this afternoon. The guys had a demo job this morning and that worked out just fine. Greg, our contractor did not get the final report/plans until about lunch time from the engineer who looked at the porch last week. Everyone got here about 1. Greg told them what they needed to do to give the steps more support. A little more wood, a metal plate, hangers; what else not sure, but nothing really major. Greg will pick up the needed supplies for tomorrow. The electricians have been called and told they can set in the light cans and secure the boxes for where the fans will be placed. You can see where they took out the far support post this afternoon. A make shift one is in place for the time being. The other one wasn't doing much anyway as it had rotted off at the bottom! When this is all finished we will have to get leaf guard out to do something with the rain spout. They have brown so Ga...