It rained as forecast today. We arrived home from a weekend in Kansas City in time to meet with Bob (cabinetry), "Our" Mike and Tyler early this evening. This was Bob's first visit to the work site and really kicks off his part of the project. He took his dimensions and we discussed the details of the paneling he will provide. Mike suggested that Bob plan to finish all the woodwork in his shop with only required touch up to be done in the field. It was apparent that this was not Bob's first preference, but he said he would do it any way we wanted. As opposed to cut to fit and finish to match, all the pieces will have to fit perfectly. As Bob put it, it will be like putting a puzzle together in the field. We took Bob into the main house and showed him the paneling we have in a couple of different areas. Between he and T, they decided, due to the richness of the Sapele to be used, the paneling will be relatively simple. Bob will make a mock up for approval.
I passed on to Mike the estimate we received today from Bob (landscaping) to pour the garage approach apron and the east slab. Mike had not yet gotten in contact with "Concrete" Mike to get an estimate from him. Bob's estimate assumed 150 sq ft for the east slab and the apron to be 46'x6'. Both being 4" thick.
We asked Mike if we could go ahead and put the garage doors on order, he said "yes". He also said we could order the stone for the fireplace and the porcelain floor tiles. He promised to send up the amount of each we needed to order. Tomorrow we will restart our stone search by driving down to Eureka to revisit the place we would the Fond du lac natural stone before. They say they have new sample to show us.
We got an email from Jim (glass roof) saying the glass roof will ship on Wednesday and the installers will be here on Friday and work through the weekend. It is supposed to rain again on Friday, but maybe we'll get lucky. Mike had originally said he wanted to get the slate installed before the glass roof, but that has changed.
Mike said that once the glass roof is installed, he will finish the installation of the windows and arrange to have the hot tub delivered. Then the doors can be finished and the sunroom will be sealed for the first time. Contrary to what Mike said last week, today he said that the new basement door has not been delivered. He did not predict when it would be here.
We mentioned to Bob that we wanted to have a rail along the front of the bar, behind the sink, running between the side cabinets. Bob said no problem but we needed to tell him how deep it will be. I measured our crystal decanters and they are 4" square.
The meeting went well. Tyler gave Mike the detail drawing of the hearth and the hot tub access panel. Tyler also told me that he was still working on the cupola fan but has come to the decision that the fan we have identified will not fit into the 36" cupola. I told him that I had sent the cupola manufacturer the fan specification sheet and they assured me that it would fit. Tyler said they gave him the same assurance, but he does not believe they are correct. Anyway, he is still pursuing the issue. One solution he said would be to go with a square cupola instead of a the hexagonal. I do not understand how that would solve the issue, but we'll wait to see what he comes up with next.
Mike also discussed the garage window trim with Tyler. We decided to go with the arched brick above the windows in the same three row design as on the main house.
Tomorrow morning we meet with Bob (landscaping) to review the plantings and anything else dealing with the landscaping. After that meeting, we plan to go look at stone.
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