22 April 2016

Kaleb and Brendin were here again at the crack of dawn and spent their workday sanding all the places they had caulked yesterday.  Kaleb also kindly filled the two gouges I put in the lower hallway drywall while moving the bedroom #1 door… but that’s another story.  On the other hand, Kaleb nearly had a heart attack when I killed a mosquito on the drywall ceiling… with my hammer.  Sonny and Brandon, being old and getting older (respectively) only worked a half day.  Sonny started to put in the casing for the pocket door that will hide the water heater under the stairs.  Brandon continued putting in baseboards, finishing all of the main level except where the slate flooring is being installed.  Tom finished laying slate in the entry hall and the grandfather clock nook, then started on the upper hall.  I varnished the two pocket doors that will be installed in the basement (thinking they would be dry to the touch by noon, which, of course, they weren’t).  While waiting for the doors to dry, I removed all of the basement interior doors and their hinges, getting them ready for varnish… and out of the painters’ way.   After lunch (with the two pocket doors still not dry), Chree and I thoroughly cleaned the basement.