9 March 2016

Sonny and Doug continued installing interior doors, getting another 4¾ done today (linen closet, half bath, pantry, storage room, and first guest bedroom).  Kevin finished building the concrete block walls that will isolate the woodstove alcove from combustible house framing.  He then scared me half to death by calling to say that the woodstove would not meet fire code requirements because the hearth is too small.  (Fire code requires 18 inches from the front of the stove to the edge of the hearth.)  Turns out Kevin was measuring from the wrong point on the stove (which he found out when he read the installation directions), and all is fine after all.  Eric continued mudding the main level all day.  Mr. Renaissance Man, aka Tom Morrissey, came by first thing to gather all the details about the tile and slate work he will be doing.  As soon as Tom left, I headed for points north.  Returned the leaking dehumidifier to Taylor Rental (retrieving a replacement when I came back south), dropped off the “final” construction loan paperwork at the bank only to be told that “they” had screwed up the documents Chree signed when she was here last, and that those would have to be redone.  Grrrrr…  Ordered 51 WAC 4000K DISC lights from The Lighting House and picked up a couple of other lights that had arrived from previous orders.  Filled a shopping cart at Lowe’s, per usual.  Visited and had lunch with Alverta.  While liberating our bamboo flooring, had a nice chat with the owner of Planet Hardwood, a Stamford graduate, who noticed the Stamford shirt I was wearing (a gift from Alex) and off we went.