Friday, January 22, 2010 - A Lot of Paint Down, A lot More to Go

Author's Note: Due to a so much going on toward the end of this project, I have not had much time to post, so I will play catch-up when I can. I have been writing, mostly in the wee morning hours on my BlackBerry. I have also realized something else. Instead of being able to copy what I have written in an email and pasting it into my blog, I must re-type everything. I used to be able to copy and paste, but the newest version of IE does not allow this any more. Not sure if this is Blogger's fault or Microsoft, but I will quickly blame Microsoft for making a competitor's application harder to use.

Five gallons of primer used can only mean one thing...five gallons of paint is soon to come. All of the main level is primed - walls and ceilings. However, we still have 600 square feet downstairs to prime...another five gallons, at least. Everything in the addition still needs to be painted, as does our existing bedroom, our family room, and our soon-to-be guest bedroom. Actually, the family room is about one-third of the way done, we just have to move some furniture around before we can finish it. Looks like Saturday will mean painting the master bedroom and bath, and at least getting a coat of primer on the walls of the stairwell.

I met the guys doing the floors today and, so far, he seems to be the most considerate of all the sub-contractors. He will be coming back on Monday and Tuesday to finish installing the floors, and then will come back later to sand and stain all of the floors when we tell him to come back. That way it keeps him from staining the floors and having the other subs destroy the floors during the installation of doors and trim, which would force him to come out and have to do it all over again. He must know my contractor's staff pretty well. Guess this isn't his first rodeo.

In what was probably the most amazing development, he brought his own Shop-Vac to clean up his mess. Go figure that a sub would care about a client's house. Nobody else has cleaned up after themselves over the last four months, why is someone starting now?

Dodged a bullet with the water in the basement.