Lots of Progress

It has been about three weeks since our last update. At the last update, the bar granite top had been installed, the sink faucets and disposal were installed and the Sapele styles and rails were starting to go up.

Since then, Mike and Nate have finished installation of all the Sapele styles and rails and are working on the panels. Mike said they are focusing on the panels with the electrical boxes so that we can get Chris back to finish the electrical work. This will be great. For the past month or more, we have had just one outlet available and the floor has been a mass of extension cords to the TV, the DVD, speakers, phone, etc.

Last week we found a replacement for the landscaper who walked out on us back in late July. That has put that portion of the project well behind schedule, but we are now making good progress. This week, they poured our exposed aggregate walkways. What a difference that makes. You can actually walk from the sunroom to the garage and not have to jump from board to board to avoid the mud. While the previous landscaper could not find the Old Monroe aggregate we liked, this would did find it and it looks good. T decided to eliminate the wood south porch deck and instead, have the concrete taken right up to the door threshold. Good decision!

A couple of weeks ago, still having 2,000 bricks in the front yard for over four months, I posted them on Greg's List to see if I could find someone interested in buying them. Chris (electrician) had said he would take them, but has not shown any enthusiasm in actually doing so. The Greg's Listing was out there for a week without any inquiries. Therefore, last week I let Mike know that I was going to offer them on-line for free, first-come, first-served. Within a week, Chris had removed all of them.

Brick-less Front Yard

We decided to have the large Silver Maple in the back yard taken down. Heartbreaking, but it will be for the best. We have the tree service company here today to take it down. Hopefully without dropping anything on the neighbor's fence or on our new garage.

John (HAC) is here today with the factory representative to study the performance of our new second floor AC system. It has not been able to reach set point on warm days. They concluded the problem was with the duct work. Hopefully they are correct. We may not know for sure until next summer.

The granite back splash on the bar is being installed today.

The roofer finally got around to finishing the flashing on the bay guttering. Mike presented me with an invoice for the guttering work. I told him that he could pass on to the roofing company that the invoice would not be paid until I have received a receipt showing the roofing of on the main house had been paid in full and a description of the work. I have been trying to get these for about two months so I can turn them into our insurance company for credit on our homeowner's insurance. Despite repeated requests and promises. We have never gotten receipt. About two days after Mike passed this on, I got a receipt showing full payment, but no description of the work. I sent the receipt to the insurance agent and was told they would see if the insurance company needed anything more. Until the claim is accepted, we will not pay the guttering invoice.