still pushing!

Wow! What a week!

This was a busy week. In no particular order, the electricians started doing their finish work installing switches, plugs, light fixtures and the like. The interior painters finished up for now; they will return to do a little more closer to the end. The trim man came to build the stairs from the garage to the house, which replaced the 2x4 treads the framers installed. Then he went on to install the wall cabinets in the kitchen. The base cabinets will be installed after the hardwood floors are installed next week. And we started on the driveway outside the garage. And the stone guys finished.

In the end I think we used about 60 tons of stone. The front steps were a challenge but I think they turned out well. Beautiful work by some true craftsman.

The driveway was a real experience. First, understand the order of things. The upper drive, which was removed when the burned house was demolished, needed to be replaced first. Next the lower drive needs to be removed. Then the power company has to run their new line up the hill under the driveway. Then we will replace the lower drive. The wild card in all of this is rain, for rain can wash wet concrete away and, given the hill on the lower drive, can literally wash the hill away.

Given we haven't had any rain in six weeks, I thought we would be okay to start on the upper drive. Once again, my thoughts proved to be dangerous as the rain started an hour or two after the concrete for the upper drive was poured. This made for a very long night as well as the next day but, in the end, we think we were able to save the concrete, although the finish shows it. Hopefully, we can get through the remainder of the driveway project without too much difficulty.

So, hopefully next week; hardwood floors installed, base cabinets installed, exterior paint start and remove the old lower drive to get ready for the power company to run their new line.

Oh, and figure out how to replace those 2x4 front columns with something a little more substantial.