Just floored....

Just floored...

November 30th -- I am just floored by the beautiful job Adam continues to do on the hardwood floors.  He arrived this morning at 10:00 and didn't leave until after 4:30.  But when he left today, he took all his tools after moving several bundles of oak flooring to the upper-level for installation into the master bedroom, hallway and closet.  Adams will come back to work on the upper-level floors after the drywall is completed, and he has quite a bit of patch work to do on the main level.

Here is the view, looking through the kitchen to the gathering room.

Here is the work that Adam finished today in the pantry and the laundry room.

Here is an example of the patch work that Adam will return to complete.  Below to the left you can see the gaps in the oak floor where the old wall used to be between the downstairs bedroom (now guest suite) and the dining room.

When I see how these oak floors have been "trashed" by the drywall guys, I just keep remembering the line in my contract that reads that the contractor will repair and restore the floors.  Adam also told me that his brother will come in to sand and refinish the floors.  When that is done, I can't can't to put on a pair of thick socks, get a running start from the living room and slide through the kitchen into the gathering room to test out the finished floors...sort of like that scene with Tom Cruise in "Risky Business."

After a few hours Joe, the roofer showed up.  He is also a very nice guy and he returned with a member of his crew.  Joe has been working to make the covered deck off the master bedroom waterproof so that the rain and snow won't leak through the gathering room roof.  Contractors and roofers really hate when architects design exterior decks over living spaces, such as my covered deck off the master bedroom because it is over the gathering room.   Joe had been by earlier to install a rubber liner to seal the covered deck floor, and today he was back to install a drain pipe.

Joe explained that he would leave a grate or cover off the pipe because he wants to make sure any moisture will do down the pipe shown below.  There will be decking over the rubber liner and siding up the walls of the deck.

The drain pipe goes through the roof and out through a newly drilled hole in the brick above the fireplace vent in the back of the house, as shown below.  The drain pipe will connect with the downspout from the roof gutters once those are installed and painted.

As Joe and one of his crew members and Adam were all leaving at about the same time, I wished them well and told Adam that I hoped he enjoyed a nice Sunday with his two little girls and wife.  Joe said that he had a little boy and girl.  Joe's crew member, looked at Joe and Adam and said, "Well, I've got my freedom."  It was a pretty funny moment and we all enjoyed a good laugh, until Joe said, "Yeah, for now."

I am thinking that no one will come to work on the house tomorrow, but who knows.