14 July 2015

While Chree was still abed this morning, Tim Combs (one of the Goodro’s owners) called to say that he had screwed up the order for our replacement kitchen window… he forgot to specify 6 ⁹/₁₆ extension jambs.  More news to follow… but the window was not delivered to Fern Lake today.  Sonny and Ian got here shortly after 7, having stopped at Goodro’s en route to get the touch up kit needed to seal the edges exposed when cutting shingles to create the starter course, finish course, and the two courses just below each window.  We had an official signing ceremony for the first shingle put on the house (northwest corner). While Sonny and Ian were shingling the area between that corner and the shop door, I spent much of the morning staining starter course shingle edges while Chree sorted shingles into their proper size groups.  Mindless work, but somebody has to do those jobs, and who better but the most mindless lowest paid members of the crew.  After lunch, I put on the starter course between the shop door and the sun room (southwest) corner.  Ian and Sonny, working together like a well lubricated team, nearly caught up to me with the first course… and I had a 20 foot head start with, in theory, the faster task.  By quitting time, they had put two more courses on that section, for a rough total for the day of ¾’s of a square stapled into place.  First guess (assuming that rate is maintained) is that the house will be completely shingled on 18 August.  Second guess is that the three of us will be stark raving bonkers within two weeks.  Anyone up for a little wager on those two outcomes?  Glen Peck, owner of Peck Electric, came by late afternoon to talk about electrical wiring work we want done in the next week or so: lowering the main electric panel by 18″, installing the utility room electric panel, running power from the main electric panel (where the meter is) into the utility room panel, and, finally, wiring up the well pump, septic pump, and septic tank alarm.  Also want him to thoroughly review the wiring plan I have put together to make sure all Electrical Code requirements have been met.