It was insanely busy today with about 43 workers on site - 20 doing sheetrock plaster work, 7 Structural FX crew on outside carpentry (closing in the eves), 2 plumbers, 3 HVAC, 4 on retaining walls, 4 on outside stucco prep work and 3 on exterior painting of the window trim. It was like watching Extreme Home makeover live. I was amazed to see Brian in a quite calm state but I guess I should know better, that's the way he always is. He was clearly tired of shuttling around getting little miscellaneous supplies to keep everyone going. At one point he called from Home Depot and I could here the auto checkout blabbing away in the background. Barney, who broke his collarbone this past weekend doing something silly, will get that fun job the next few days!
I liked the plasterer's fancy tool that fills in the screw holes with a metal end applicator on a broom handle. I never saw one of those before but boy does it work. Almost as good as that little drill tool they were using before to cut out the electric boxes. the entire house got plaster coated and is drying away overnight for sanding tomorrow.
The crown moulding arrived in a daunting pile. No problem to get all that up in a few days assured Brian. We're waiting on the interior doors tomorrow which will be spray painted in the garage. The 1,000 lbs of slate for the fireplace mantel has also arrived but we're holding it back for delivery until Monday when things are less hectic. That got here really quickly from the east coast - 6 days.
