10 March 2016

Sonny and Doug installed another 5 doors, getting the two guest bedrooms and the guest bathroom pretty much hung.  Sean was here all morning supervising the cutting of the woodstove hearthstone and mantel piece. Sean suggested that, instead of one corner of the hearthstone being cut off at a 45° angle per my design, the corner should be cut to mimic the 12″ radius curves in the arched doorways.  Once again, Sean’s eye for design resulted in a much more attractive end result.  Soapstone being very soft, was able to use my router with a carbide tipped bit to put a ¼″round over on all the exposed edges of the hearthstone and mantle.  My pad sander with plain old 100 grit sandpaper did a nice job touching up the rounded edges.  With muscular help aplenty, we hand-carried the hearthstone into the house and put it in place with minimal fuss and bother.  Okay, so maybe the fuss and bother weren’t minimal (that critter is h∙e∙a∙v∙y), but nobody lost any fingers or toes.  While putting in the second of the soapstone pieces that will form the back walls of the woodstove chase, Kevin broke the aluminum supply air duct we had installed the other day.  He went out and got some standard 3″ duct pipes and was able to fabricate an acceptable repair.  Eric finished all of the main level mudding and then started taping the lower level.  Arrived this morning to find that the replacement dehumidifier had peed all over the master bedroom floor.  Bad doggie!  Arranged to return the miscreant to Taylor Rental, but then waited all day for a FedEx envelope from Chree containing some urgent paperwork.  By the time FedEx finally delivered, was too late to return the dehumidifier.  To pass the time, finished installing the electrical outlets in the shop and then put in the two DISC lights over the workbench.  They are so bright that you almost need sunglasses when working in that area.  Methinks there is a dimmer switch in their future.