24 February 2016

Ty and Doug pushed hard and got quite a bit of the lower level sheet rocked, including all of the first guest bedroom and as much of the ceilings as I could allow due to electrical runs still needed in and around the mechanical room.  Goodro’s delivered another 3,000 square feet of sheetrock, which had to be unloaded in the pouring rain.  Not a lot of fun, especially as we had to keep each two sheet bundle intact (i.e., had to unload two sheets at a time) in order to keep the faces from getting wet.  A lot of HEAVY lifting in miserable conditions.  Steve continued making connections and installing controllers for the heating system in the mechanical room.  He also finished insulating the supply and return water lines from / to the wells.  Bryan got here mid-morning bringing all the tile for the master and guest bathrooms.  He started the layout and preparations for installing the master bath shower and floor tile.  Tom Morrissey was here today to work with me on (we thought) finishing the electrical work.  Unfortunately everything I touched today went wrong, so progress was not as rapid as needed.  As well, Tom suddenly discovered that we had never run the 10-2 wire from the electrical panel to the under-the-stairs water heater.  And where that wire should have been run was an area that I had already cleared for sheetrock.  So, when Chree and the dogs got here shortly before 5, Tom and I were still engaged in snaking the water heater wire wherever we could in order to complete that connection.  After her long drive from Virginia in pouring rain the whole way, and after my very stressful day, we opened a bottle of quite delicious port wine, made a small salad, and called that dinner.