10 May 2016

Tim, Kaleb, Matt, Jason, and Brett started, as usual, at crack of dawn.  Brendin arrived mid-morning.  Tim sanded and varnished another set of interior doors.  Brendin worked on preparing the Ifelele railing caps for varnishing.  The painters painted, finishing the study and living / dining room and getting a first coat on the sun room and kitchen.  Turns out the new paint color we chose for the study (Concord Ivory) is in the same color family as the master bedroom’s Petal Tip (renamed: Passionate Purple), so at least they don’t clash.  (And, yes, you see both colors immediately upon coming in the front door.)  Sonny and Brandon worked all day making a new set of door thresholds out of some beautiful (and beautifully expensive) maple that Goodro’s procured for us.  I put a first coat of varnish on those thresholds at the end of the day.  Steve spent much of the day in the attic, extending the plumbing vent stack up to and through the north-facing roof.  He also extended the radon abatement piping over to the same locale in the attic, where it will be capped off until needed (hopefully never).  Tom and I worked on the electrical installation all day.  All 51 of the WAC DISC 4000K surface mounted ceiling lights now are installed, and most of them even are controlled by the proper switch.  Chree and I went over to the house at dusk; she came away much impressed by the lighting levels and switch placement in each room.  A great big double WHEW!!!