19 May 2016

Sonny and Brandon installed the stove, discovering in the process that one of the less enlightened electricians (that would be me) put the stove electrical outlet in exactly the wrong place.  If that outlet were located 6″ left, right, or lower than where it is, then the stove would slide back against the wall (as it’s supposed to) instead of hitting the plug.  At the end of the day, Tom ripped out the offending outlet and junction box.  Sonny and Brandon also installed the refrigerator and bored a 4″ diameter hole through the laundry exterior wall for the metal duct and clothes dryer vent hood, the latter of which was mounted on Koma^® blocking.  Boring that 4″ hole was quite time-consuming, as some previous carpenters had left a couple of 16d nails right where the hole needed to go.  Brandon also bored a 4″ hole for the pancake box to which will be attached the spotlight on the northeast corner of the woodshed.  Tom finished installing the tile behind the vanity in the master bath in the morning, then he and I did electrical installations in the afternoon, including putting up the 4-light bar over the guest bath vanity.  Steve continued installing and leak checking sink plumbing.  I finished varnishing the first sides of the 11 interior doors that are being refinished at this time.  Chree and I went into Middlebury and Brandon to do errands for most of the morning.  In the afternoon, we used the Kubota to move several piles of “used but good” lumber from next to the driveway, where they were slowly rotting under tarps, to the big pile where they soon will enrich the garden soil by turning into ashes.