Bathroom door installed with a lockset.
Just got back from my 6 work day trip. Lots of checks added to the done column.
All the trim (floor and door) has been installed. We had one 3 inch piece of floor trim leftover and patched inside the closet door trim in 3 places. I finished putting the 2nd coat of poly on the last of the door trim at 4AM (went to sleep around 8PM after the finishing the 1st coat) in the dark on the deck and realize it might start raining - so I dragged it inside to dry. Then it started raining - hard. I went back to the floor mattress to get some sleep before the contractor arrived on Monday AM.
Glass tile backsplash was finally discovered and mostly stuck onto the wall above the countertop and under the cabinets (which is good as the mastic will have lots of time to dry). "Discovered" is the correct term as I had brought at least 15 sample tiles in the past 2 months which did NOT meet the "looks good" standard. This one was greeted with "that looks great". Of course, I had to make a 3rd trip to Lowes on the way home - as we were "1" (one) sheet short. I brought several extras again. On the 2nd trip, I had brought 4 extra sheets.
All 4 interior doors installed - including the bathroom door.
Started staining the wood windows frames and sashes. Had to wait for the Pella factory rep to bring a replacement for the damaged one. Takes more time and attention to detail than I like - have to wear my reading glasses and have a good light. Brought, painted and installed the exterior brick molding which covers the flanges on the exterior of the house. All I need to finish the exterior damage now is the NEW storm door on the entry door in the LR.
Cleaned the patio doors glass along with the windows above. With everything else so fresh and clean, it was very noticable that they had a big case of filth and grunge.
Installed the clothes rods and shelves in both clothes closets. Installed a shelf in the bathroom linen closet and was "told" to find a set of free standing shelves. Guess I will need to find a "stud" finder - to figure out if I have other options.
Insurance adjuster did NOT come over due to 3 new claims she was assigned this week. Did talked to her briefly before we left at noon.
Next trip is Oct 8 for the contractor. I will have to go up for several things over the next 6 weeks.
Continue getting bids for an alarm system - got 2 bids last week ($650 and $385).
Continue the window/sash staining and poly-ur-phane.
Get the 8 sets of bi-fold doors up to the house, stained and poly'ed. Ordered to match the interior doors. Ordered them on Sunday with a 4 week delivery.
Get the stormed door up there. It is ordered. with the bi-fold doors.
Get several estimates for the new insulation needed under the floor (in the crawl space).
Yes, I slept 2 nights on the floor at the house - had a window A/C unit and about 5 inches of foam/sleeping bad/comfortor with 2 blankets and 2 pillows. Plus, when you are tired, you can sleep anywheres. The last 4 nights, we had another Dupey 2bdr TS unit at Wyndham Shawnee. The next door neighbor told me that on Sunday night, a 300 lb Black Bear cleaned out the trash boxes. This older couple had brought their 2 fixed weeks 35 years ago and knew to get as far away from the bear - other TS guests with their cameras were taking pictures within 20 feet of this big bear. The entire area was just covered with trash thrown about. My contractor was just so disappointed - he has never seen a black bear in the wild.
The king size Shawnee bed was a bit better for sleeping, I believe.
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