21 April 2016

Kaleb and Brendin Roberts (Ryan’s Quality Paints) were here (as expected) promptly at 6 and got started filling nail holes and gaps in the interior door and window trim.  Sonny got here at 7 and was, indeed, not happy when I asked him to tear out the living / dining room baseboards and rip them down by ⅜″ so that the tops of all baseboards throughout the house will line up with each other (except in the study, which is a special case due to the ogee pilaster base molding on the cabinets).  Fortunately for the budget, that retrofit only took an hour.  Sonny and Brandon (until noon) then spent the day base boarding, which they described as being similar to free basing… or was that base-jumping????  Tom continued putting down slate in the foyer and entry hallway.  Sad to say, he has developed a severe addiction to thin-set mortar mix.  At least, that’s my only explanation for why he’s going through so much of it.  The upshot of his craving is that Chree had to drive the Tacoma back to Burlington this morning to procure another 500 pounds of mix from Best Tile.  I rearranged and cleaned the basement storage room so that we can use it to varnish the interior doors.  Then I removed all eight main level doors from their frames and schlepped them down to said storage room.  After lunch I got to work spreading Minwax polyurethane satin varnish, with Chree joining the first-coat, first-side, first batch door finishing endeavor upon her return from Burlington.  Also killed the first mosquito of the season…