6 August 2015

Soon after their arrival, Sonny and Ian manufactured and installed the final frieze board for the porch.  They then moved on to shingling the south wall of the sun room, nearly completing that job by day’s end.  Glen Peck (Master Electrician) and Holden Yildirim (summer helper who is studying at Perdue University to become an Electrical Engineer) arrived just before 8. In a fast and furious two hours, we renewed power to the sauna and waterfront plus wired two 3-way switches (one in the sun room and one in the shop) to control the wood walkway lights.  Just after Glen and Holden rushed off to a meeting in Middlebury, I remembered that they also were supposed to hook the house ground (the 20′ piece of rebar that Larry Kaufmann placed in the foundation concrete) to the utility room panel during this visit.  After a quick voicemail to Glen, Holden returned and we accomplished that additional task.  While Sonny and Ian enjoyed a leisurely noon repast and siesta, I quickly finished sanding the south sun room window trim and applied a coat of paint. Then I spent the rest of the day cursing fluently painting the east wall frieze board and all the trim on the porch.  Painting trim after the shingles are on is just no fun at all.  I’ve asked Sonny to insist that I do the painting before he starts stapling… to which he replies that, if I didn’t spend so much time playing electrician, maybe the painting would get done on time.  But doing electrical wiring is so much more fun!