Day 282 - a busy day

This is a photo of the arch from the great room looking towards the kitchen. The entire house has received the 2nd coat of mud.

The problem now is for it to dry. Renee brought in two huge fans (from furnaces) to blow the air around to help things dry.



Bob, the alarm installer, came to correct the prewiring installation, which was not done properly.

Dave the foreman had asked where the wires were going to go since there were just sticking out of the woood by the drywall, and the crew is preparing to install the build-outs, or jamb extensions. We are using MDF for this as it paints nicely as costs 1/2 to 1/4 of other options.

I went to the house today to prime and paint the doors. The two missing doors and the replacement for the damaged door were delivered on Friday. When I was arranging the doors so I could work on them, I discoverd that one of the doors was a demo door - it had curved panels on one side and rectangular panels on the other!

I spread the doors out so I could work on them, but first I had to prepare the doors. This meant a light sanding with a sanding block on the edges of the door and the flat parts of the door, then a light sanding with steel wool or 220 (fine) sandpaper. Finally, a brushdown and priming. This prep took about 7-8 minutes per door, then priming the doors took another 5-6 minutes/door. I did one side of all the doors, and then prepped and primed the 2nd side of the 1 3/4" thick doors. Note the maple french doors on the right -- these are for the foyer.

Dave has set up a workshop in the basement in order to speed up production of the trim work. The miter saw (center - blue with red blade) has supporting tables on left and right. (My coat and lunch bag are at the end of the table.) Behind that, there is a table saw with an outfeed table to support ripping the 4x8 sheets of MDF.