12 February 2016

Tim and Roger were here promptly at 7, as was Sam Latreille with a second Black Diamond spray-foam trailer.  Tim finished the attic and Sam did the sun room vaulted ceiling and the area in the basement under the porch.  Saying something about pizza and beer, the trio departed at noon.  Sonny spent a couple of hours this morning doing “real” carpentry work: reducing the opening size on a couple of doors, beefing up the area behind where the clothes dryer will go because we’re probably going to have to drill the vent line hole right through a load-bearing wall stud, and finishing the wall sheathing under the stairs, ‘cause I wouldn’t want anything but the finest accommodations for our water heater and water softener.  Then Sonny joined Doug in Roxul^® purgatory for the rest of the day.  One more day should see that miserable job complete.  The Orkin guy came at noon and did absolutely nothing about the squirrel I believe has taken up residence in the attic over the bedroom I am using at Kate’s house. Steve showed up unexpectedly this afternoon for a couple of hours and started to build the rack on top of which the de-super heater tank will sit (above the heat pump).  Off and on during the day I ran a few more electrical lines, including a bear of a pull (Sonny and Doug had to help) of AWG 10-3 to power the mongo shop dust collector that I will be ordering.  After I got back from doing errands in Middlebury mid-afternoon, I asked the guys what I could do to help them.  Doug said, “Roxul” and pointed to the area above the soffit in the hallway outside the guest bath, which has got to be one of the worst nightmares to work in due to all the wires, tubes, and ducts in that soffit.  I think Doug was a bit surprised when I said okay and got to work.  After the geese flew the coup for the weekend, I went down to Vermont Specialty Slate, met the owner, Jim Sauder, and paid for the flooring that Bryan Arnold had ordered for us.