29 April 2016

Tim, Kaleb, Matt, and Brendin painted most of the house ceilings, did a bunch more drywall repair work (including repairing two cracks in lower hall ceiling butt joints that should not have cracked if done properly the first time…), chased the carpenters around some more with Durabond at the ready, and primed more baseboards.  Sonny and Brandon finished installing all of the baseboards on the upper level, which leaves only the storage room (currently varnishing-central) needing baseboards.  They also conducted a successful search and rescue operation, locating and saving the missing shop HRV supply vent that was covered by drywall when the shop ceiling was installed.  Can we say, “Oppsie”?  Tom grouted the master bathroom floor, shower walls, and the (repaired) shower floor.  I consulted with Tim about how much paint to buy for the house interior walls.  (Answer: 27 gallons… to start!)  Lucien Garand from Granite Design arrived promptly at 7 to measure for the bathroom vanity and kitchen countertops.  After Lucien left, I spent most of the rest of the morning helping Marty and Merry with some small home handyman tasks.  (Yes, I will work for food…)  After lunch, Chree and I started varnishing the first side of the second (and final) batch of interior doors.  That job was suspended at 3 to consume fresh-baked chocolate cake (with sprinkles on top!) in honor of Sonny’s forthcoming birthday.  After the well-sated crew departed, Chree and I spent some quality time cleaning the house, as we would prefer not to have the painters give us textured trim and baseboards.