27 April 2016

Tim (for half the day), Kaleb, and Matt spent their work time preping walls and baseboards and priming door trim in the basement.  They caught up to Sonny and Brandon (busy putting on baseboards) so closely that I thought Sonny was going to end up with Durabond on the back of his hand.  The dynamic carpenter duo also finished putting in the staircase stringer boards.  Tom laid the slate in the laundry, then grouted the upper hall.  I put the second coat of varnish on the first side of the final three in the first set of doors.  That done, I transitioned to being a masonry tender, helping Tom by cutting slate and then scrubbing clean (on my hands and knees for three hours!) the areas needing grout.  Tom and I worked on that job until 6:30, at which time we both were desperately in need of some liquid restoratives.