Trim

They finished the siding on the garage on Tues. the 17th. It looks so pretty. I think it looks good w/ the brick.
The porches are poured.

This is the front porch. Now we don't have to jump to the front door.

Sat. 7 am, Dad and I met at LS Lumber in Bartonville to plane the 1X4 oak case. 500 linear ft. The headers don't have to be planed, so they are 3/4 inch. The legs of the doors and windows were planed down 1/8 inch to have a reveal on the headers. It only took us approx. 1 1/2 hrs. Dad and I are a good team. Next weekend we are going to work on the 500 linear ft. of 1X6 oak base. It needs to be planed down 1/4 inch to have a reveal on the legs of the doors. So we will need to do 2 passes through the planer, and maybe another set of hands. We are thinking of having Jackie help us.

The sawdust is flying. I do have my safety glasses on. I don't want anything to happen to my $3000 eyes. I forgot ear protection though. I will have to remember that for next weekend, because they were ringing a little after we were done.

Lots of oak sawdust to clean up. It filled 1 1/2 barrels. I even put some in a bag for bedding for our hamster.

I have a blood blister from stacking the finished boards and getting a little skin caught between them. No splinters though.

I called Dan on Monday to check if the furnace has been turned on to dry out the basement before we bring the trim in. It's on and we talked about bringing in a dehumidifier also. I really don't want 1000 linear ft of oak trim to get warped.

Tues. Mar. 24th - left work to meet the truck from LS delivering the planed case. The wall for the island is up. I looks kind of weird out in the middle of the room. The drywaller was there putting corners up. It is getting cleaned up a little too.

They installed the door from the garage to the house.

The delivery truck came around 1:30. Steve and I took it from the garage to the basement, so we can start staining soon.

The plumber, Darrin, was working on the tub and the plumbing downstairs. Steve had to check out the tub. I can't wait for my first bath. OOOOHHH!!

So the next steps are dry wall taping and mudding. Dan is having the cabinets delivered, so no large trucks will be delivering after the driveway is poured. No driving on it for 2 weeks. Of course, they won't be able to pour the driveway until it stops raining. After the driveway is poured the excavator, Fred, will come and grade the yard. (When the yard dries out!)

Steve and I are working on flooring. I'm picking out paint colors. We need to check out KBL for lighting fixtures.